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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Thu Apr 08, 2010 7:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Cabbie killed by cocaine laced rum 'gift' fare payment |
Cocaine in rum bottle kills cab driver April 08, 2010 12:08PM An airport delay and some overweight baggage led to a passenger paying for a cab fare with a bottle of pure liquid cocaine which killed the unsuspecting cab driver. Cab driver Lascell Malcolm, 63, died of a heart attack after swigging from a bottle of rum given to him as payment for a fare - unaware that it contained liquid cocaine, The Sun reported. Police said it was one of five Bounty rum bottles - containing more than 250g of cocaine - given to unsuspecting people flying from St Lucia to the UK last May by drug baron Martin Newman, 49. Newman asked Martin Lawrence to carry two, saying he was over his baggage limit. He agreed to give them back in arrivals in Britain. After landing, Newman was delayed by a baggage search. Customs officers found he had £4,000 in cash but let him go. Meanwhile Mr Lawrence couldn't wait as he had to catch a flight to his Swiss home. He gave a bottle to friend, Antoinette Corlis. She was picked up at the airport by her friend, Mr Malcolm. The minicab driver refused payment so she gave him the "rum". The father-of-two died the next day. His nephew and a friend visited his house in Haringey, North London, to pay their respects and had a drink of rum as a toast. They noticed it tasted bad and were rushed to hospital. Both survived. Prosecutor Oliver Glasgow told South London's Croydon Crown Court: "A spoonful could kill anyone." Police traced the other bottles in the £100,000 (US$152,710) haul. Newman has denied charges of manslaughter and importing drugs. The case continues. Source; heraldsun.com.au AND Dad killed by swig of rum laced with liquid cocaine Thursday, 8 April, 2010 A cabbie died of a heart attack after swigging from a bottle of rum given to him as a gift - unaware it contained pure liquid cocaine. It was used to smuggle the drug to Britain but a bizarre chain of events led to Lascell Malcolm, 63, adding a drop to his Guinness, a court heard yesterday. Prosecutors said it was one of five Bounty rum bottles - containing more than 250g of coke - given to unsuspecting mules flying from St Lucia to the UK last May by drug baron Martin Newman, 49. Newman asked Martin Lawrence to carry two, saying he was over his baggage limit. He agreed to give them back in arrivals in Britain. After landing, Newman was delayed by a baggage search. Customs officers found he had $6,000 (£4,000) in cash but let him go. Meanwhile Mr Lawrence couldn't wait as he had to catch a flight to his Swiss home. He gave a bottle to friend Antoinette Corlis. She was picked up by pal Lascell. The minicab driver refused payment so she gave him the 'rum'. The dad of two died the next day. His nephew and a chum visited his house in Haringey, North London, to pay their respects and had a tot of rum as a toast. They noticed it tasted bad - and were rushed to hospital. Both survived. Prosecutor Oli-ver Glasgow told South London's Croydon Crown Court: "A spoonful could kill anyone." Cops traced the other bottles in the £100,000 haul. Newman denies manslaughter and imp-orting drugs. Case continues. Source; thesun.co.uk |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Thu Apr 08, 2010 8:03 am ] |
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Hmmmmmmmmm!
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| Author: | edders23 [ Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:24 pm ] |
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As shocking as it sounds I can't understand why the "drugs baron" would not have someone waiting to recover the haul after all there was quite a bit of money tied up in those bottles but anyone might have reasonably assumed it was just an ordinary bottle of rum but as they always warn you DON'T accept any luggage or packages from another passenger the chap who did will have to live with the consequences for the rest of his life |
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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Thu Aug 12, 2010 8:41 pm ] |
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Smuggler jailed after coke in rum kills taxi driver 12/08/2010 A smuggler who brought pure liquid cocaine into the UK in a bottle of rum which killed a cabbie was yesterday jailed for 20 years. Lascelle Malcolm, 63, died after drinking the spirit which Martin Newman, 50, smuggled from St Lucia. The rum was a gift from an innocent friend in return for a lift from the airport. She was given it by a man Newman duped in to carrying it on a flight. Newman, from Romford, Essex, was found guilty of manslaughter and branded "reckless and greedy" at Croydon crown court. Source; http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-storie ... -22481978/ |
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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Thu Aug 12, 2010 8:45 pm ] |
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Justice for Hornsey cab driver, Lascelle Malcolm, killed by liquid cocaine disguised as rum 5:28pm Wednesday 11th August 2010 Justice has finally come for a kind-hearted Hornsey cab driver killed after drinking pure liquid cocaine. The family of Lascelle Malcolm, 63, of Rutland Gardens, branded the drug smuggler found guilty of his manslaughter as "deceitful and selfish". Martin Newman, 49, of Wadeville Avenue, Romford, was handed a 20-year jail term by a judge at Croydon Crown Court earlier today. Mr Malcom's wife Gretal welcomed the sentence and said it helped put an end to the "living nightmare" her family were trapped in as they awaited the trial. The grieving widow said: "My husband paid the ultimate price for Martin Newman's deceitful, selfish and dangerous operation. "Justice was served today when he was convicted of drug importation and the manslaughter of my husband. The last 14 months have been a living nightmare for our family, and we were left with so many unanswered questions. Now we can begin to build our lives again and remember Lascelle as the loving, kind-hearted man he was. He will surely be missed by all of his family." She heaped praised on prosecutor Oliver Glasgow for his hard work, as well as the police, witnesses and jurors. The court heard how Mr. Malcolm, of Harringay, had unwittingly consumed the liquid cocaine, which was disguised in a bottle of Bounty Rum, after being handed the drink as a gift on May 25, 2009. Earlier that day the father-of-two had offered to collect close friend, Antoinette Corlis, in his taxi as she returned to Gatwick Airport after a holiday in St Lucia. He drove Ms Corlis back to her Haringey home and refused to accept cash for the favour, but, fatefully, accepted the bottle of rum which she had been brought back from the Caribbean. Ms Collis was asked to carry the drink by a friend who had been asked to carry the bottle on Newman's behalf not knowing what it contained. Newman, who was on the same flight, knew the bottles each contained 8.7oz of pure cocaine dissolved into the alcohol and that just one teaspoon of the liquid would be fatal. He had intended to collect the bottles, worth £20,000, from Mr Lawrence when they arrived at Gatwick, but customs officers intercepted Newman before he could retrieve them. As Mr. Lawrence was unable to find Newman he kept one of the bottles and handed the other to Ms Corlis who tragically gave it to Mr Malcolm. After just a few sips, the cab driver fell ill and was rushed to the Whittington Hospital on May 26. He was later discharged, but collapsed at home after suffering a heart attack triggered by the pure cocaine. It was only when his friends Charles Roach, 41, and Trevor Tugman, 38, arrived at his house to pay their respects that the true cause of his death was discovered. The friends raised a toast in their friend's honour using the same bottle of rum, and both suffered seizures. DC Paul Coyle, of Haringey CID, said: "This was an unusual and tragic case which saw a good deed ended in a father's death. "Mr. Malcolm had only wanted to assist a friend who in turn had only wanted to thank him. Had Newman not arranged for the potent and deadly drug to be imported the tragic sequence of events would never have occurred. "Mr. Malcolm's family and friends have been left devastated by his death and his two close friends who visited his home were lucky to survive." Source; http://www.haringeyindependent.co.uk/ne ... ed_as_rum/ |
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| Author: | edders23 [ Fri Aug 13, 2010 11:17 am ] |
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I suppose 20 was the most he could be given he obviously knew he was likely to be stopped thats why he duped other passengers into carrying them a miracle it was only one death |
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