A TEENAGER has pleaded guilty to drug dealing after an incident in the Purford Green area of Harlow.

Harry Kings of Upper Mealines, Harlow appeared at Chelmsford Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday 14 August and pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply Class B drugs.

Essex Police were called shortly before 3pm on Sunday 21 July, with reports that an 18-year-old man had been robbed of his mobile phone whilst in Purford Green.

It was reported that four teenage boys approached the victim, threatened to stab him and demanded his possessions. No knife was reported to have been seen.

Kings is due to be sentenced at Chelmsford Crown Court on 11 September.

A 14-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy from Harlow and a 14-year-old boy from Hertfordshire, arrested on suspicion of robbery will face no further action.