A conman who was found to be selling washing powder as cocaine has ended up in court for fraud.

Jamie Lee Taylor, 27, passed off the household cleaning product as Class A drugs for two months.

His enterprise paid off in the short term as he made "a fair bit of money", Teesside Crown Court heard.

But he ended up in the dock as he had broken the law, despite never having sold illegal narcotics.

Taylor pleaded guilty to offering to supply cocaine to others between July and September and "possession of an article for use in fraud" - three bags of white powder - on September 5.