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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Callum Parke

Man who likened himself to Mexican drug lord loses appeal over 21-year sentence

General view of the High Court on the Strand, London (Anthony Devlin/PA) - (PA Archive)

A man who likened himself to the infamous drug dealer El Chapo and was later jailed for more than two decades has lost an appeal against his sentence.

Jonathan Cassidy played a leading role in an international drug plot which saw cocaine imported from the Netherlands and used to supply users across north-west England, Birmingham and Leeds.

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