He appeared in the dock at Manchester Crown Court like a familiar-looking stranger, a vivid memory from a distant past.
Jamie Cassidy had once been one of the most promising young footballers at Liverpool, England’s most successful club, a player deemed good enough to train with his national team ahead of the 1996 European Championship.
Today, Cassidy was jailed for 13 years and three months for his part in a conspiracy involving South American drug cartels that saw 356kg (784lb) of cocaine with an estimated street value of £28million ($35.8m) flood cities across northern England.
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Cassidy, now 46, did not have a “pivotal” role like his 50-year-old brother, Jonathan, who received 21
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