TV star jailed for 18 months after being found in bed with woman and 20 wraps of heroin

A TV star who was caught in bed with a woman and 20 wraps of heroin under the duvet has been jailed for 18 months. Marvin Baird, 38, star of The Scheme, was in bed with a woman when officers smashed open the front door of his flat and found the Class A drug under a duvet. Baird and the unnamed female were both handcuffed at the scene in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, the town’s sheriff court heard.
He admitted possessing heroin with intent to supply in December and has been in custody since then. The drugs were worth around £240 and were mostly split into 'tenner bags', the Daily Record reports.

Baird shot to fame in Scotland in the hit BBC TV docusoap set in Kilmarnock’s Onthank estate which featured Baird, his then girlfriend Dayna McLaughlan and Bullet the dog.
Neil McPherson, defending, said Baird had a criminal record but was suddenly propelled into the spotlight and became something of a cause celebre because of the TV programme he starred in.
“He was in the business of supplying to a close group of friends and it wasn’t something he was making a particularly large amount of money from.”

When clean and sober, Baird, who was seeking help for his addiction, was articulate, intelligent and attractive, Mr McPherson said.
Jailing Baird, Sheriff David Hall told him he had a lengthy and varied criminal record and added: “There is no alternative other than a custodial sentence.”