A dad set up a fake computer company as a front for a cocaine importation ring, but will be "back with his family for Christmas".
Kevin Boyle even had jackets produced with the supposed business' logo emblazoned on them on behalf of the Gallagher brothers, who headed up the conspiracy. However, he maintains that he did not realise he was involved in the supply of class A drugs and instead believed he was part of a scheme to avoid paying duty on cigarettes and alcohol brought into the country.
Liverpool Crown Court heard this afternoon, Tuesday, that the 41-year-old "acted as a frontman" for the organised crime group's shell company. Stephen McNally, prosecuting, described how Boyle was responsible for creating the alias Maurice Clarke and registering Clarke Computers and Software Ltd with Companies House.
