He said it was while serving an 18-month prison sentence in 2004 for causing actual bodily harm (ABH) to his former wife, that he became a heroin addict.
But Mr Richards, who has a string of previous convictions and began taking drugs at the age of 16, became a heroin addict after serving an 18-month prison sentence in 2004 for causing actual bodily harm (ABH) to his former wife.