Mar 22, 05:50 PM

Ex-Liverpool Star Jamie Cassidy Sentenced to 13 Years for £28m Cocaine Plot

Jamie Cassidy, a former Liverpool football prodigy, has been sentenced to 13 years and three months in prison by Manchester Crown Court for his involvement in a cocaine conspiracy. Once a promising talent, Cassidy's career took a dark turn following an injury that ended his football aspirations. He was involved in a £28m drug operation that transported industrial amounts of cocaine from South America to Europe. Cassidy, 46, was implicated alongside his brother, Jonathan Cassidy, 50, who likened himself to the notorious drug lord El Chapo. Jamie Cassidy's fall from grace is marked by his transition from a footballer once picked over Steven Gerrard to a key figure in a major drugs conspiracy.