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Tristan Kirk

Gangland enforcer 'stressed' by murder probe when he took fatal drug overdose

A gangland enforcer who killed himself with a drug overdose was “stressed” about a murder investigation into a teenager’s suspicious death in the weeks before he died, an inquest has heard.

Verinder Sharma, 56, was under police investigation when he was found dead at his Millbank apartment overlooking the River Thames in December 2020. 

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