Drugs baron John Anslow fails in bid to clear name
Anslow was at the head of a major drugs ring, which sold and distributed cocaine and cannabis across the West Midlands.
The 35-year-old became Britain’s most wanted man when he was violently and dramatically sprung from a prison van outside HMP Hewell near Redditch to Stafford Crown Court.
He then went on the run to Northern Cyprus.
While still at large, Anslow, of St Mark's Road, Tipton, was found guilty of conspiracy to supply cocaine and cannabis and sentenced to 22 years behind bars in September 2012.
Yesterday (THURS) he challenged his convictions at London's Criminal Appeal Court, with his lawyers arguing the trial should not have been held in his absence and that the judge misdirected the jury.
However, his complaints were thrown out by top judges, who said the decision to go ahead with the trial could not be criticised and Anslow only had himself to blame for...
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