Former Football Coach Revealed as Drug Trafficker

A dad bragged about having the "heaviest graft phone about" and spoke on "earning millions" whilst trafficking drugs.

Roberts said he had purchased a "graft phone" which are commonly used by county lines drug dealing operations to send out flare messages - texts advertising illicit substances for sale. He bought the phone from his cousin's partner for £300,000 the previous week. They decided that they "needed two drivers on weekend nights" and another to do a "weekend morning, 6am till 10am" shift, with Roberts telling Octo Moon that they had "potential to do stupid numbers" and "need to notch up a level". He added: "Lad we are gonna have this phone doing backflips, be doing a corner a week soon."

"Bull Mouth" was another one of Roberts' key contacts. He was later identified by detectives as Mark Dumbell, of Warrington Road in Prescot after sending pictures of himself shopping in Costco on EncroChat. Detectives linked him to the username from a previous spell behind bars in 2014 when he served for 21 months for possession of cocaine with intent to supply. Other conspirators were meanwhile found to have referred to Gin Cleaner as "Robo", while the defendant told others how he drove a grey Audi A3 - a 17-plate car which he was behind the wheel of when it was later pulled over by police in July 2020.

The court heard that he had been a member of Nalgo FC for eight years up until his arrest, including coaching the under 14s team, while he also coached at Mayfair FC and was a "dedicated player" and youth coach for Lower Breck FC. Of his client's guilty plea, Mr Orme added: "He has ploughed his own furrow and made a decision which he believes is in the long-term interests of his daughter and his family. Only time will tell, but in my respectful submission it is highly unlikely that he will trouble the courts again."Clearly, all he is focussed on now is serving his sentence and being able to get home and see his daughter.

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