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Cocaine ring jailed
LEADER: Mohamed Pour
LEADER: Mohamed Pour

THREE people who became involved in the distribution of illegal drugs have been jailed by a judge at Bournemouth Crown Court.

The trio were found guilty of conspiring to supply cocaine after a 10-week trial, which ended last month with mastermind Mohamed Pour, 44, being imprisoned for 14 years.

His Filipina girlfriend, former Poole Hospital nurse Cheryl Lawes, 27, has now been jailed for five years; while former semi-professional footballer Fathi Dridi, 37, from Tunisia, and Iranian asylum seeker Haider Mirzayari were each handed seven year sentences.

Judge Christopher Harvey Clark recommended that Mirzayari should be deported after serving his sentence, but spared Lawes because it would separate her from her seven-year-old daughter.

The court heard that Pour - who lived with Lawes in Cavendish Road, Bourne-mouth - had been engaged in the supply of cocaine to a large number of people all over Bourne-mouth, making 15 to 20 deliveries a day.

A two-month police surveillance operation ended with a raid on a flat in Chesterfield Court, Manor Road, Bourne-mouth in May last year. Officers found £10,000 in cash on the premises and high-purity cocaine with a street value of more than £35,000.

"Faced with an overwhelming body of surveillance evidence, many would have chosen to plead guilty, but all three of you chose to brazen it out by lying to the jury," said the judge.

He accepted the trio had been under the influence of "clever" and "manipulative" Pour, but described Dridi and Mirzayari, who acted as drivers, as "lieutenants and willing participants". The judge said he was satisfied that both men had helped prepare wraps of the drug.

SEVEN YEARS: Haider Mirzayari
SEVEN YEARS: Haider Mirzayari

He told Lawes he was satisfied that she had been under the power and "malign" influence of Pour.

She wept as he told her he would not recommend her for deportation.

Defence counsel Frank Abbot, for Dridi, of Borthwick Gardens, Bournemouth, said his client was a British citizen who had become addicted to drugs when his marriage was in difficulties. He left his job in financial services and became a taxi driver. "He's a good man, but he has been absolutely stupid," said Mr Abbott.

Nigel Mitchell, for Mirzayari, of Queens Park Gardens, Bournemouth, said his client had worked for a car hire company in Ringwood for four years until his work permit was taken away from him.

He was a takeaway delivery driver when he met Pour.

Paul Hester, for Lawes, said she had turned to drink after the failure of her marriage to an Englishman.

She fell in love with Pour, then became addicted to cocaine after losing their baby. "In that emotional turmoil, she spiralled downwards and lost her judgement," he said.

4:50pm Friday 14th March 2008


SEVEN YEARS: Fathi Dridi

NURSE: Cheryl Lawes
 

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Posted by: alasdair, windsor/kosovo on 6:06pm Fri 14 Mar 08
why jail the asylum seeker immediate deportation would be punishment enough for him why we as the tax paying public have to foot the bill for his jail term if asylum seekers cannot respect the law of our land im of the opinion that they should be deported immediatly
Posted by: Donna, upton on 10:08pm Fri 14 Mar 08
I agree 100%
Posted by: Donna, upton on 10:09pm Fri 14 Mar 08
I agree 100%
Posted by: SBATTS43, WINCHESTER on 11:22pm Fri 14 Mar 08
alasdair wrote:
why jail the asylum seeker immediate deportation would be punishment enough for him why we as the tax paying public have to foot the bill for his jail term if asylum seekers cannot respect the law of our land im of the opinion that they should be deported immediatly
I agree 1000%.ALL asylum seekers and migrants should be DEPORTED if they commit a crime.There you are I will now be called a racist!!!!!.
Posted by: SBATTS43, WINCHESTER on 11:23pm Fri 14 Mar 08
alasdair wrote:
why jail the asylum seeker immediate deportation would be punishment enough for him why we as the tax paying public have to foot the bill for his jail term if asylum seekers cannot respect the law of our land im of the opinion that they should be deported immediatly
I agree 1000%.ALL asylum seekers and migrants should be DEPORTED if they commit a crime.There you are I will now be called a racist!!!!!.
Posted by: alasdair, windsor/kosovo on 1:57am Sat 15 Mar 08
SBATTS43 wrote:
alasdair wrote: why jail the asylum seeker immediate deportation would be punishment enough for him why we as the tax paying public have to foot the bill for his jail term if asylum seekers cannot respect the law of our land im of the opinion that they should be deported immediatly
I agree 1000%.ALL asylum seekers and migrants should be DEPORTED if they commit a crime.There you are I will now be called a racist!!!!!.
why should you be called a racist? if they are here respecting our laws then they should be allowed to stay break our laws apart from minor motering offences send them home !
Posted by: 2Much, New Forest on 7:50am Sat 15 Mar 08
SBATTS43 wrote:
alasdair wrote:
why jail the asylum seeker immediate deportation would be punishment enough for him why we as the tax paying public have to foot the bill for his jail term if asylum seekers cannot respect the law of our land im of the opinion that they should be deported immediatly
I agree 1000%.ALL asylum seekers and migrants should be DEPORTED if they commit a crime.There you are I will now be called a racist!!!!!.
I hate racism, or any kind of discrimination come to that...but that was a logical statement, not a racist one!

We all work too damned hard to let our taxes pay for things like this!
Posted by: fight4rights, Bournemouth on 11:43am Sat 15 Mar 08
quote
It's amazing how one can be quite ignorant, do you know what life an asylum seekers leads? do you know how disgraceful the home office works? I would gather not, given the comments above. I'm sure that if one day you come to see this, you may understand what drives this behaviour. I am nevertheless saying this is acceptable but when one doesn't have the choice to live given the benefits of a British Citizen, one would go to desperate measures to do sure. Sadly this is what this government and economy have driven things like this. The amount of asylum seekers with pending statuses is unamountable but yet they are fast enough to let the East Europeans pour in to take over this economy! I would plea you take a step back and try to understand those in similar situations rather than think of the situation you are in yourself!
Posted by: alasdair, windsor/kosovo on 3:15pm Sat 15 Mar 08
fight4rights wrote:
quote
It's amazing how one can be quite ignorant, do you know what life an asylum seekers leads? do you know how disgraceful the home office works? I would gather not, given the comments above. I'm sure that if one day you come to see this, you may understand what drives this behaviour. I am nevertheless saying this is acceptable but when one doesn't have the choice to live given the benefits of a British Citizen, one would go to desperate measures to do sure. Sadly this is what this government and economy have driven things like this. The amount of asylum seekers with pending statuses is unamountable but yet they are fast enough to let the East Europeans pour in to take over this economy! I would plea you take a step back and try to understand those in similar situations rather than think of the situation you are in yourself!
this man has been jailed for drugs offences suppling cocaine if he cannot obide by the law of the land then why should we as tax payers foot his jail bill the judge has recommended deportation at the end of his jail term why wait send him home now

but as i stated i do not have a problem with asylum seekers as long as they obide by the law of our land

Posted by: beachhut, southbourne on 8:51pm Sat 15 Mar 08
fight4rights wrote:
quote
It's amazing how one can be quite ignorant, do you know what life an asylum seekers leads? do you know how disgraceful the home office works? I would gather not, given the comments above. I'm sure that if one day you come to see this, you may understand what drives this behaviour. I am nevertheless saying this is acceptable but when one doesn't have the choice to live given the benefits of a British Citizen, one would go to desperate measures to do sure. Sadly this is what this government and economy have driven things like this. The amount of asylum seekers with pending statuses is unamountable but yet they are fast enough to let the East Europeans pour in to take over this economy! I would plea you take a step back and try to understand those in similar situations rather than think of the situation you are in yourself!
Break the law of the land, stay in a country illegally, then you should be deported and all assets gained illegally stripped from all associates implicated, why should the tax payers of the uk always foot the bill. WE MUST STOP BEING A SOFT TOUCH.
Posted by: silky, Bournemouth on 11:01pm Sat 15 Mar 08
fight4rights wrote:
quote
It's amazing how one can be quite ignorant, do you know what life an asylum seekers leads? do you know how disgraceful the home office works? I would gather not, given the comments above. I'm sure that if one day you come to see this, you may understand what drives this behaviour. I am nevertheless saying this is acceptable but when one doesn't have the choice to live given the benefits of a British Citizen, one would go to desperate measures to do sure. Sadly this is what this government and economy have driven things like this. The amount of asylum seekers with pending statuses is unamountable but yet they are fast enough to let the East Europeans pour in to take over this economy! I would plea you take a step back and try to understand those in similar situations rather than think of the situation you are in yourself!
whhaattt??? point make your please in a I manor understand can!
Posted by: silky, Bournemouth on 11:03pm Sat 15 Mar 08
silky wrote:
fight4rights wrote:
quote
It's amazing how one can be quite ignorant, do you know what life an asylum seekers leads? do you know how disgraceful the home office works? I would gather not, given the comments above. I'm sure that if one day you come to see this, you may understand what drives this behaviour. I am nevertheless saying this is acceptable but when one doesn't have the choice to live given the benefits of a British Citizen, one would go to desperate measures to do sure. Sadly this is what this government and economy have driven things like this. The amount of asylum seekers with pending statuses is unamountable but yet they are fast enough to let the East Europeans pour in to take over this economy! I would plea you take a step back and try to understand those in similar situations rather than think of the situation you are in yourself!
whhaattt??? point make your please in a I manor understand can!
*manner (yoda made me spell it incorrectly)
Posted by: fight4rights, Bournemouth on 2:53pm Sun 16 Mar 08
alasdair wrote:
fight4rights wrote:
quote
It's amazing how one can be quite ignorant, do you know what life an asylum seekers leads? do you know how disgraceful the home office works? I would gather not, given the comments above. I'm sure that if one day you come to see this, you may understand what drives this behaviour. I am nevertheless saying this is acceptable but when one doesn't have the choice to live given the benefits of a British Citizen, one would go to desperate measures to do sure. Sadly this is what this government and economy have driven things like this. The amount of asylum seekers with pending statuses is unamountable but yet they are fast enough to let the East Europeans pour in to take over this economy! I would plea you take a step back and try to understand those in similar situations rather than think of the situation you are in yourself!
this man has been jailed for drugs offences suppling cocaine if he cannot obide by the law of the land then why should we as tax payers foot his jail bill the judge has recommended deportation at the end of his jail term why wait send him home now

but as i stated i do not have a problem with asylum seekers as long as they obide by the law of our land

Good suggestion, I'm sure one would rather be in their own country than stay in a foreign prison, you could ask the judge if he could make that happen! Obviously you haven't stopped to think of the British re-offenders most of whom claim benefits of the government, or is that ok for the tax payer to pay??
Posted by: fight4rights, Bournemouth on 2:56pm Sun 16 Mar 08
beachhut wrote:
fight4rights wrote:
quote
It's amazing how one can be quite ignorant, do you know what life an asylum seekers leads? do you know how disgraceful the home office works? I would gather not, given the comments above. I'm sure that if one day you come to see this, you may understand what drives this behaviour. I am nevertheless saying this is acceptable but when one doesn't have the choice to live given the benefits of a British Citizen, one would go to desperate measures to do sure. Sadly this is what this government and economy have driven things like this. The amount of asylum seekers with pending statuses is unamountable but yet they are fast enough to let the East Europeans pour in to take over this economy! I would plea you take a step back and try to understand those in similar situations rather than think of the situation you are in yourself!
Break the law of the land, stay in a country illegally, then you should be deported and all assets gained illegally stripped from all associates implicated, why should the tax payers of the uk always foot the bill. WE MUST STOP BEING A SOFT TOUCH.
Since when does an asylum seeker stay in this country illegally?? They may have entered the country illegally, they are known in the eyes of the home office! Somebody hasn't done their homework! tut tut. Again I make my point of British re-offenders, we tax payers still have to pay for them time and time again!
Posted by: alasdair, windsor/kosovo on 5:41pm Sun 16 Mar 08
fight4rights wrote:
alasdair wrote:
fight4rights wrote:
quote
It's amazing how one can be quite ignorant, do you know what life an asylum seekers leads? do you know how disgraceful the home office works? I would gather not, given the comments above. I'm sure that if one day you come to see this, you may understand what drives this behaviour. I am nevertheless saying this is acceptable but when one doesn't have the choice to live given the benefits of a British Citizen, one would go to desperate measures to do sure. Sadly this is what this government and economy have driven things like this. The amount of asylum seekers with pending statuses is unamountable but yet they are fast enough to let the East Europeans pour in to take over this economy! I would plea you take a step back and try to understand those in similar situations rather than think of the situation you are in yourself!
this man has been jailed for drugs offences suppling cocaine if he cannot obide by the law of the land then why should we as tax payers foot his jail bill the judge has recommended deportation at the end of his jail term why wait send him home now but as i stated i do not have a problem with asylum seekers as long as they obide by the law of our land
Good suggestion, I'm sure one would rather be in their own country than stay in a foreign prison, you could ask the judge if he could make that happen! Obviously you haven't stopped to think of the British re-offenders most of whom claim benefits of the government, or is that ok for the tax payer to pay??
deport him let him languish in his country of origins jail,not a mention in your statement as to the suffering this man has caused to the addicts he is suppling

i think you have totally missed my point obide by the laws of our land welcome to stay but if convicted of a serious crime which this man has deport immediatly
Posted by: fight4rights, Bournemouth on 6:17pm Sun 16 Mar 08
alasdair wrote:
fight4rights wrote:
alasdair wrote:
fight4rights wrote:
quote
It's amazing how one can be quite ignorant, do you know what life an asylum seekers leads? do you know how disgraceful the home office works? I would gather not, given the comments above. I'm sure that if one day you come to see this, you may understand what drives this behaviour. I am nevertheless saying this is acceptable but when one doesn't have the choice to live given the benefits of a British Citizen, one would go to desperate measures to do sure. Sadly this is what this government and economy have driven things like this. The amount of asylum seekers with pending statuses is unamountable but yet they are fast enough to let the East Europeans pour in to take over this economy! I would plea you take a step back and try to understand those in similar situations rather than think of the situation you are in yourself!
this man has been jailed for drugs offences suppling cocaine if he cannot obide by the law of the land then why should we as tax payers foot his jail bill the judge has recommended deportation at the end of his jail term why wait send him home now but as i stated i do not have a problem with asylum seekers as long as they obide by the law of our land
Good suggestion, I'm sure one would rather be in their own country than stay in a foreign prison, you could ask the judge if he could make that happen! Obviously you haven't stopped to think of the British re-offenders most of whom claim benefits of the government, or is that ok for the tax payer to pay??
deport him let him languish in his country of origins jail,not a mention in your statement as to the suffering this man has caused to the addicts he is suppling

i think you have totally missed my point obide by the laws of our land welcome to stay but if convicted of a serious crime which this man has deport immediatly
A shop will have no business if they have no customers! Penalise the addicts and takers, but no that is the problem with this twisted government they stand back and let them take drugs without penalising them!
I think you missed my point on suggesting you ask the judge if he can do so, as I said, one would rather be in their own country than to be in this pit that they so call 'Great Britain'!
Posted by: alasdair, windsor/kosovo on 7:14pm Sun 16 Mar 08
but if it was not for the suppliers these people would not be addicts ,this man must know pay the price for his crime bet he did not care about the suffering he was causing not just to the addicts but to there family i raise the question would you have been happy if this man had supplied the drugs to a member of your family ? i think not in my opinion for once the judge has made the right decision but unfortuantly we have to foot his jail term rather than deporting straight away
Posted by: fight4rights, Bournemouth on 8:24pm Sun 16 Mar 08
alasdair wrote:
but if it was not for the suppliers these people would not be addicts ,this man must know pay the price for his crime bet he did not care about the suffering he was causing not just to the addicts but to there family i raise the question would you have been happy if this man had supplied the drugs to a member of your family ? i think not in my opinion for once the judge has made the right decision but unfortuantly we have to foot his jail term rather than deporting straight away
The funny thing is the police know themselves that the addicts / takers will always find a way to get it, so if they nip it in the bud and have the takers penalised there will be less competition for the dealers themselves! At the end of the day, the addicts are paying for it, it's not as if it is free, they should control be able to control their willpower.
If a member of my family was stupid enough to be supplied with drugs, I would be angry at the member of my family not him. He wouldn't know to supply them unless approached.
Posted by: alasdair, windsor/kosovo on 7:29am Mon 17 Mar 08
so what you are basically saying that is ok for any person to go to any country in the world break there laws iand still live in there country of choice take your blinkers off ,

this man has come to this country as an asylum seeker committed a SERIOUS CRIME and now we even you as a tax payer must foot the bill for his jail term my whole point is his deportation would be punishment enough
Posted by: Megnom, Bournemouth on 5:44pm Tue 25 Mar 08
It seems that if you plead ignorance of the law of the land you are immune to punishment.
Get placed in an institution that will feed and clothe you for a relative short period till it is time to come out and start committing offenses as before.
Drug dealers and growers if they are asylum seekers should be returned to their own country, Let that country pay for their upkeep, Not the taxes I have paid.
We have yet another case with the two found guilty of growing drugs in Boscombe.
Sen the b-----! HOME
Posted by: Erica Monk, Australia on 1:53pm Wed 26 Mar 08
huh lucky they got caught in this country & not their own. So will they be deported when their sentences are served, back to the countries they came from? Well if not why not?
Well said Megnom couldn't have put it better myself.
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