Manchester Crown Court
The only defendant to be Acquitted.
The defendant was said to be part of an Organised Crime Group, it was said that there was a debt owed to them by an individual in prison of over one million pounds for drugs purchased.
The debt was outstanding, and his family were kidnapped, and a ransom demand was made. The police deployed a large-scale operation, and five hundred thousand pounds was actually delivered fully tracked by the police. Once the family were secured, large scale raids were conducted across the Northwest of England, the defendant it was said was part of the OCG and a trusted member, he had collected the bags of cash which were delivered to a bin in a carpark. After a trial the defendant was Acquitted of all charges.
