Warren jailed for 13 years

Friday 4th December 2009, 3:00PM GMT.

Curtis Warren

NOTORIOUS gangster Curtis Warren was jailed for 13 years yesterday for his failed attempt to execute Jersey’s biggest ever drugs importation.

Appearing via video link from London’s high-security Belmarsh prison, the feared drugs baron casually read a book as the Royal Court was told of his flawed bid to capture the Jersey drugs scene.

Warren – nicknamed ‘Cocky’ by his underworld associates – then smirked as judge Sir Richard Tucker handed down the sentence, which was only one year short of the maximum.

Five other men, including Warren’s long-time friend John Welsh, were jailed for between five and 12 years for their part in the doomed drugs enterprise.

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