Four people have been convicted of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, including a juror who was paid £5,000 to try and influence others on the jury and gain an acquittal for a drug dealer.
During a trial that ended on Thursday, the Old Bailey heard Leslie Allen, 66, was a major drugs kingpin in the city of Coventry in the English Midlands.
Allen made a “concerted attempt” to evade justice before his trial, for possession of £150,000 worth of cocaine and cannabis and possession of a pepper spray weapon, at Warwick Crown Court in 2018.
He paid £5,000 to Damien Drackley, 37, who had been selected to sit on the jury at the trial, hoping he would not only vote not guilty but cajole others in the jury to acquit Allen….