Tag: Drug Dealer

Juror Faces Jail After Being Convicted of Taking £5,000 Bribe to Acquit UK Drug Dealer

Four people have been convicted of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, including a juror who was paid £5,000 to try and influence others on the jury and gain an acquittal for a drug dealer. During a trial that ended on Thursday, the Old Bailey heard Leslie Allen, 66, was a major drugs kingpin…


Matriarch, 71, Jailed for Helping Son Cover up Killing of UK Drug Dealer

LONDON—A 71-year-old woman who helped her son dispose of the body of a London drug dealer, which was later found on fire, has been jailed for two years. Sophia Kokkinos helped her son Raphael when he called her after killing Loeike Guei, 23, at his flat in Streatham, south London. On Tuesday, Kokkinos, 35, was…


Young Criminal Attempts Suicide, Leaves His Body, Enters ‘Hell’—And Is Shown the Errors of His Ways

When he was 19 years old, Jeffrey C. attempted suicide after finding out his girlfriend was cheating on him with his best friend. After he swallowed a lot of pills, his mother realized what had happened and called an ambulance. Jeffrey hadn’t been a model citizen, but his experience of nearly dying was pivotal in…


Atlanta Ex-Crime Boss Lured by Power Sold Crack, Imprisoned — But Awakens to Faith, Starts Ministry

Like many young men growing up in the 90s, Terrell Scott was led down a dark path drawn by the allure of gang life. Tempted by money and power, he ended up serving a prison sentence — until, miraculously, he was saved by one of his victims whose lives he’d harmed, who forgave him and…


UK Drug Dealer Set On Fire ‘Was Already Dead,’ Trial Told

A killer recruited his 70-year-old mother, his brother, and two friends to move the body of a London drug dealer and set it on fire after he was beaten to death in a row over £40,000 ($49,800) worth of missing cocaine, a court has heard. Home Office pathologist Dr. Robert Chapman told a trial at the…


Drug Dealer Sentenced 13 Years for San Diego Woman’s Fentanyl Overdose Death

SAN DIEGO—A drug dealer who supplied fentanyl that led to a San Diego woman’s overdose death was sentenced today to 13 years in prison. Tony Davis, 65, of San Diego, pleaded guilty earlier this year to federal charges for distributing fentanyl-laced heroin to a street-level dealer, who in turn sold the drugs that caused the…


Drug Dealer Faces Execution for 7 Gang Killings in Virginia

RICHMOND, Va.—It was one of the worst bursts of gang violence Richmond had ever seen. At least 11 people were killed in a 45-day period in 1992, all at the hands of gang members who eliminated anyone they thought would get in the way of their growing crack cocaine business. Corey Johnson, who was sentenced…