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HUYTON CABBIE JAILED FOR 14 YEARS FOR CONSPIRACY TO SUPPLY HEROIN AND COCAINE
A cabbie who completed deliveries for the NHS during the height of the pandemic has been jailed for his role in a major heroin and cocaine ring. In court,
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Rimmer’s family could be heard gasping “oh my God” as the 57- year-old was jailed.
On the side, he had been acting as a courier for the conspiracy led by two brothers, Vincent and Francis Coggins, which involved the trafficking of hundreds of kilo- grams of class A drugs worth millions across the country.
Rimmer’s trips, supposedly for the NHS, were used as cover for transport- ing drugs and cash in case he was stopped by the police. A court heard the defendant was also responsible for storing heroin and cocaine, monitoring stock levels and “handled large quantities of cash”. The Coggins brothers plotted a
vendetta of violence after a raid on their stash house by rivals saw them lose c. £1m of illicit substances. Francis Coggins is on the run, while his 58-year-old brother and several others have been jailed. Rimmer was also jailed for 16 years after admitting two counts of conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine. The sentencing at Liverpool Crown Court happened in October 2022, and can only now be reported due to a media blackout imposed due to the series of other trials.
STOKE BOY ON BIKE COLLIDES WITH PHV AND BREAKS HIS ARM ESCAPING THE CHASING CABBIE
The mother of a boy on a bicycle chased by a cabbie after colliding with his private hire vehicle has told how her son required surgery for a broken arm. Leah Pond says Alfie, 11, hit a ditch and came off his bike after the driver chased him in Norton, Stoke-on-Trent. She says the PHV had been reversing around a corner on ‘the wrong side’ in Pound Gardens when Alfie collided with it. A witness said that the car ‘was reversing up the hill in a blind spot’ caused by a hedge when the collision occurred – although this
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contradicts a police statement saying the car was stationary. Leah said Alfie stopped to apologise to the driver but: “The driver jumped out and grabbed hold of him. Alfie managed to get himself free and rode off. “The taxi driver chased him, which resulted in Alfie hitting a ditch and breaking his arm. He has cuts, scrapes and bruises all over him.” The taxi driver then got back in his cab and drove off, according to witnesses and a police statement. Alfie was taken to hospital and received further treatment at the Royal Stoke University Hospital on 9 May, when he was placed under anaesthetic and had the broken bone readjusted. Leah added: “As the taxi driver was chasing him, these adults were shouting ‘leave him alone’. If that taxi driver had caught up to Alfie and got hold of him, what was he
going to do to him?” Another witness said: “The lad went into the back of the car, and stopped to apologise. But the taxi driver got out of the car and started chasing him down the street. He was really scared, the little lad.” “Even if he had come back and checked Alfie was alright, that would have been different, but he’s just got into his taxi and left.” The driver was described as black, of medium height, bald, wearing a black T-shirt, cream shorts and glasses.
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