Drug Dealers Who Fought Legality of EncroChat Evidence Jailed

Published on March 22, 2024

Three men who spent months fighting against the admissibility of evidence from the French police’s hacking of the EncroChat encrypted phone network have been jailed for a total of 51 years after they suddenly pleaded guilty. Jamie Cassidy, 46, a former Liverpool footballer whose career was cut short by injury, was jailed on Thursday along with his elder brother Jonathan, 50, and Nasar Ahmed, 51. Jonathan Cassidy and Ahmed were jailed for 21 years at Liverpool Crown Court for conspiracy to import and supply cocaine, while Jamie Cassidy was given 13 years. Wayne Johns, who led the National Crime Agency’s (NCA’s) EncroChat operation, said: “The Cassidy brothers and Ahmed pleaded guilty in this case after years of tenaciously challenging the legality of the case against them.”...

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