A former Liverpool midfielder has been given an eight-year jail sentence after admitting to being part of a drug racket that saw 60kg of cocaine and heroin plus more than £2.5m in cash being seized by police.
Layton Maxwell, with an address at Rhiwbina, Cardiff, scored in front of the Kop on his Liverpool debut in 1999 but failed to make a lasting impact at Anfield and slipped down the pyramid. He was arrested as part of a UK-wide investigation called Operation Venetic and during sentencing at Cardiff Crown Court on Friday morning, Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke described it as a “dirty trade bringing misery to many.”
Maxwell, who was one of eight people sentenced for a combined 80 years with additional gang members awaiting their fates, allowed a gang to use his home for storage and was described in court as a “courier.”
