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Drugs gang sentenced after dealing ring busted
Western Daily Press
|October 27, 2025
FIVE members of a criminal gang have been jailed for almost 54 years after police uncovered millions of pounds of drugs.
Clockwise from top-left: Justin Pearce, Joshua Batt, Leah Murphy, Janet Chard, Mark Glover, Mark Bourne.
(Avon & Somerset Police)
Four people were jailed at Bristol Crown Court on Friday for drug offences, a fifth person has been handed a suspended sentence, and a sixth person was sentenced last month.
Three members of the Bristol organised crime gang, Justin Pearce, aged 45 of no fixed address, Joshua Batt, aged 28 from Whitchurch, and Leah Murphy, aged 44 of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs, namely heroin and cocaine, and class B drugs, namely amphetamine.
Mark Bourne, aged 49 from Horfield, and Mark Glover, aged 48 from Henbury, both pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs (heroin).
This story is from the October 27, 2025 edition of Western Daily Press.
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