Skipping doc can risk sight
KFC worker with a first class degree running £1.8m drugs empire from loft of £175k home
A KFC worker with a first class honours degree in business used his skills to set up a £1.8million “Breaking Bad” drugs empire.
Paul Johnson, 32, was disillusioned after failing to land a “proper job” after graduating.
So, like Walter White in the hit US TV series, he turned to drugs, running a smuggling business from the loft of his semi-detached house in Market Harborough, Leics.
Masquerading as a tea trader, he traded heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, LSD, ketamine and cannabis using the “dark web”.
Consignments were sent from Canada, Spain and other countries to three addresses he rented in Leicestershire. The drugs were then sent by courier and post to users across the UK.
He quit KFC and devoted himself to his drugs business, which at its height had a turnover of £1.8million.
Despite making huge profits, Johnson and his wife Lia, 28, lived in a £175,000 house and drove a £20,000 secondhand Range Rover and a £3,000 Nissan Juke.
In December 2017, police raided their home and found £7,000 of drugs. When arrested,
Johnson had £318,000 in crypto– currency Bitcoin. He had spent £34,000 in parcel postage fees. Johnson was
Actor Bryan Cranston as Walter White
He had £318,000 in Bitcoin currency jailed for eight years on Wednesday after admitting supplying Class A and B drugs and acquiring criminal money.
His wife Lia, mum of his fouryear-old child, got a two-year suspended term for acquiring criminal property.
James Varley, mitigating, told Leicester crown court: “The offending was done for money, money he did not spend to any extent.” Police spokesman Paul Wenlock said: “He may not have sold drugs on the street, but he knew just what he was doing.”
MISSING just one monthly eye appointment in two years can lead to blindness, a study has warned.
Experts found that OAPs with age-related macular degeneration – the UK’s leading cause of sight loss – were left with permanent retina damage after skipping monthly check-ups.
Dr Brian VanderBeek, of the University of Pennsylvania, said: “Let’s worry less about predicting a number of injections and more about getting them into the doctor’s office.”