A convicted drug dealer known by the Encrochat handle 'Diorpaw' has died behind bars. John Digweed died at HMP Garth in Lancashire today, the Prison Service confirmed.
The 'proud dad' was sentenced in 2022 after being unmasked as a drug dealer who shifted 40 kilos of class A drugs, using the name 'Diorpaw' on Encrochat, an encrypted communications network which operated as a 'WhatsApp for criminals'.Today a Prison Service spokesperson told the Manchester Evening News: "John Digweed died at HMP Garth on 13 April and our thoughts are his family and friends.
He said Digweed mainly appeared to trade drugs to other dealers in Devon and Cornwall, though other locations across Britain were mentioned in his messages to other criminals. In his messages to other dealers, Digweed made clear his focus was on 'swilling', or diluting drugs, in order to increase his profit.
Digweed was arrested in March 2021 and convicted of seven counts of conspiracy to supply drugs in addition to one count of money laundering.
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