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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Morgan Ofori

Ex-Liverpool youth footballer Jamie Cassidy jailed for cocaine conspiracy

Mugshot of Jamie Cassidy.
Jamie Cassidy played with Michael Owen and Jamie Carragher for Liverpool in the 1996 FA Youth Cup. Photograph: GMP/PA

A former Liverpool football prodigy of “exceptional talent and promise” has been jailed for more than 13 years for his part in a multimillion-pound drugs conspiracy.

Jamie Cassidy, 46, was “drawn” into the drugs business by his brother Jonathan Cassidy, 50, who the court heard joked about having the same birthday as the Mexican drug lord Joaquín Guzmán, also known as El Chapo.

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