Drug kingpin's confiscation order upheld

An appeal court has upheld an order that a man who called himself "King" as he posed with cash and designer clothing should repay more than £65,000 made from drug dealing.

Kyle Molyneux appealed against the Proceeds of Crime Act order made last year, after he was jailed for 20 years for arranging large shipments of heroin, cocaine and cannabis to be brought to the Island.

Molyneux claimed items he posed with on social media weren't really his, that he owed a £100,000 drug debt and the order had been wrongly made.

However, Judge of Appeal Cross and Acting Deemster Cope said the order, which would see Molyneux jailed for a further 21 months if he doesn't pay up, was correct.