FX has finally released its first trailer for Shōgun, its original adaptation of James Clavell’s bestselling novel that was created for television by Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks.
14.10.2023 - 11:13 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The Attorney General has lost a bid to increase the 'unduly lenient' prison sentence of a drugs courier caught hauling more than 155 kilos of cocaine across the country during the early months of lockdown. Matthew Clarke was jailed for nine years in April after his role in an organised crime group was uncovered when law enforcement hacked encrypted communications network Encrochat.
Working under the handle 'Gingerspeaker' over a three month period, the 43-year-old supplied 155 kilos of cocaine and transferred £100,000 of criminal cash on behalf of a gang based in Ashton-under-Lyne. Messages to people higher up in the conspiracy were discovered when European law enforcement officials cracked the Encrochat network and handed the data to UK cops.
The amount of drugs police uncovered during the investigation into Clarke had an estimated street value of over £14m.
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Manchester Crown Court heard Clarke was linked to at least 10 different drugs pick-ups and drop-offs between March and June 2020 across the north. Acting under instruction from dealer 'MagicCheetah', on March 26, he was told to collect 30 kilos of cocaine. The message read: "Grab 30 of em and pass my mate 12 around the corner u bring back 18 OK."
During another collection, he agreed to collect blocks of cocaine, which were stamped with the logos of Ferrari and Mercedes, from behind a Shell garage in Ashton, to pass to another drug dealer on a bicycle.
He was also asked by an individual using the handle 'Mr Inappropriate' to 'get 100k off bongo for me an put 45k to pass someone for a watch for me mate'. The next day 'Mr Inappropriate' sent Clarke contact details
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