Seven men were jailed for using drones to deliver £500,000 worth of drugs to prison cell windows. All men were jailed for between 3-10 years, with another 6 receiving suspended sentences. The trial was held at Birmingham Crown Court, with Judge Simon Drew QC presiding over the case. The gang were responsible for approximately 100 separate deliveries, using 11 drones (some of which crashed)- with gang leader Lee Anslow, already serving prison time, receiving an extra 10 years onto his sentence.
A cocaine user convicted of murdering his own grandmother has been branded “evil” in court by his family. Gregory Irvin, who owed £35,000 in gambling debts, claimed he could not remember committing the attack- in which he cut Anne James’ throat before stabbing her 40 times in the back, which Mrs Justice Nerys Jefford branded as a ‘lie’. Irvin had previously been convicted for stealing £29,000 worth of designer gloves from a delivery company and had a £100-a-week cocaine habit. It is believed that this was the primary motivation for the attack. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum of 24 years.
A man accused of being a “fanatical” neo-Nazi terrorist has told a court that he is a racist, who gave his infant son the middle name “Adolf”. Adam Thomas, 22, is on trial at Birmingham Crown Court, accused of being a member of the banned far-right terrorist group National Action. Thomas stated that his son’s middle name does “reflect an interest” and “admiration” for Hitler. Furthermore, pictures surfaced of Thomas dressed as a Ku Klux Klan member, cradling his child- which he explained as “just play”. All three accused of being National Front members deny any wrongdoing, and the trial continues.
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