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UK Forces News
A cocaine-dealing ring of British soldiers that sold almost £100,000 of drugs to fellow military personnel have been jailed.
Rifleman Claudius Scott, Rfn Ryan Saedi, Rfn Ashleigh Walker and Lance Corporal Bradley Hesketh, who were all part of 5th Battalion, The Rifles, were sentenced to a combined 13 years and three months in prison at Bulford Military Court.
Addressing the four men, Assistant Judge Advocate John Atwill said: “You all chose to join a criminal conspiracy to supply cocaine to members of your unit for your own financial gain.
“You were a mutually reinforcing conspiracy that set out to sell as much as possible.”
The ‘network’ of four soldiers dealt one kilo of the Class A drug cocaine at up to £100 a gramme to other servicemen at an Army barracks over a three-year period, a panel was told.
The court earlier heard Rfn Scott, 31, orchestrated the operation which saw the cocaine brought into the soldiers’ base from west London.
His second-in-command Rfn Saedi, 31, alongside ‘trusted dealers’ Lance Corporal Bradley Hesketh, 27, and Rfn Ashleigh Walker, 29, would sell 1g for £90 – of which they could keep £10 for themselves.
The prosecution said the drug dealing took place during a near three-year period between January 2018 and December 2020.
All four admitted conspiracy to supply drugs.
Rfn Saedi also ran a ‘double bubble’ payday loan scheme to colleagues which the court heard contributed to the suicide of a young soldier, 20-year-old Rifleman Nathan Worner.
Sentencing Rfn Saedi – who the court heard turned to selling drugs as his addiction to cocaine worsened – Assistant Judge Advocate Atwill concluded his ‘insidious’ pay day loan scheme had been run on a ‘very significant scale’.
Regarding his involvement with Rfn Worner, he pointed out how the young soldier had repaid all of the money he had borrowed, but still owed the same amount again due to the interest he charged.
“It’s clear to us the impact your offence has had,” he added.
Rfn Saedi had implemented the ‘double bubble’ system, which required any cash-strapped colleagues who borrowed off him, to repay double the amount on their next pay day.
It was heard Rfn Saedi had received £43,000 of payments during his ‘commercial nature’ operation which sometimes involved him demanding passports as a security deposit.
The court heard he would ‘persistently chase down’ those who owed him money, encourage them to take out other loans to pay his off and threaten them.
In relation to his loaning scheme, Rfn Saedi admitted conduct prejudicial to good order and disobedience of lawful command, after he tried to contact LCpl Hesketh’s partner after their arrest.
In total, Rfn Saedi was jailed for three years and four months.
Rfn Scott was jailed for four years and one month for being the ‘initiator and leader’ of the group.
Sentencing LCpl Hesketh and Rfn Walker, the judge said it was ‘tragic’ to reflect on the careers they could otherwise have had in the military.
LCpl Hesketh was dismissed from the forces, reduced from the ranks and jailed for three years and one month.
Rfn Walker was also dismissed and jailed for two years and nine months.
Rfn Scott and Rfn Saedi had both already left the Army.
They will all serve half of their sentences, before being released on licence for the remainder of each.
BFBS Forces News has asked the Ministry of Defence for a statement.
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