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Harri Evans & Nicole Wootton-Cane

Criminal kingpin found dead in his prison cell

A drugs kingpin who imported up to £1bn of cocaine to the UK died in his prison cell seven years into his sentence.

Johnny Gerrard Kock, 75, was found dead in his cell at HMP Berwyn in Wales on August 16, 2021. He was jailed for 25 years in October 2014 after using a fake pond-liner business as cover to import up to 6,000kg of the class A drug into Liverpool.

An inquest into his death on Thursdasy (May 25) heard that the 75-year-old's body was found in his isolation cell by two prison officers. Senior coroner for north Wales east and central, John Gittins, recorded a conclusion of death arising from natural causes, reports NorthWalesLive.

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