Retired taxi driver, 69, supplemented pension as cocaine courier, Leeds court hears

He has previous convictions for theft and fraud.AdvertisementHe said he initially wanted nothing to do with the illegal enterprise, but said the former taxi customer made threats against him.

He said: “He was hampered in his free will. He should have gone to the authorities but he did not and it continued until he was arrested.Judge Tom Bayliss KC jailed him for 40 months and said: “You allowed yourself to be drawn into drug dealing in quite a significant way."It was clearly motivated by financial advantage, but you were a courier rather than a street dealer.

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