Scots pub boss who crashed into cop cars while fleeing with £110k of drugs dodges jail
A cocktail bar owner who crashed into police cars while fleeing undercover cops with £110,000 of drugs has dodged jail.
Woods said thugs targeted his business in an extortion campaign, first demanding cash then his assistance in their trafficking operation. Woods, who also works as an electrician, reversed a transit van into an unmarked police car after officers caught him picking up the cannabis haul. At Friday’s hearing, defence agent Richard Freeman said Woods committed the offences after “living hour by hour, minute by minute in fear”.Asked by the sheriff if his client reported the threats to police, Mr Freeman said Woods had been concerned “violence would be meted on him if he did”.
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