29 November 2013, 21:05 Boxer Herbie Hide Jailed For Selling Drugs Tweet Former world champion boxer Herbie Hide has been jailed for selling cocaine after a court heard how he fell for a newspaper sting. Hide arranged to supply the class A drug to Sun on Sunday reporter Mazher Mahmood after a series of meetings at a hotel near Norwich earlier this year. During a sentencing hearing at Cambridge Crown Court, defence lawyers questioned the use of "entrapment" tactics to target the 42-year-old. Hide, of Bawburgh, near Norwich, admitted conspiracy to supply class A drugs. Judge Mark Lucraft QC sentenced the boxer, who has previous convictions including criminal damage, battery, threatening...
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