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A THUG who assaulted a man he recruited to sell drugs has been jailed for five-and-a-half years. Mohammad Mahaboob, 20, recruited the victim in September, promising to pay him £100 to £120 a day in return for selling drugs in Essex. The victim, who took on the work to fund his own drugs habit, was not paid so took some of the drugs without telling Mahaboob. After discovering his losses, Mahaboob ordered him to a flat in Romford where he punched and kicked him in the face for an hour. On a second visit to the flat, the victim had a razor blade held against his throat and was made to lie on the floor, where he was then stamped on, punched and kicked.
A THUG who assaulted a man he recruited to sell drugs has been jailed for five-and-a-half years. Mohammad Mahaboob, 20, recruited the victim in September, promising to pay him £100 to £120 a day in return for selling drugs in Essex. The victim, who took on the work to fund his own drugs habit, was not paid so took some of the drugs without telling Mahaboob. After discovering his losses, Mahaboob ordered him to a flat in Romford where he punched and kicked him in the face for an hour. On a second visit to the flat, the victim had a razor blade held against his throat and was made to lie on the floor, where he was then stamped on, punched and kicked.
Mohammad Mahaboob has been jailed for five-and-a-half-years
- Credit: Essex Police
A violent drug-dealer who punched and kicked a vulnerable man for an hour before putting a blade to his throat has been jailed.
The sentence comes after Chelmsford drug-dealer Mohammad Mahaboob, 20, recruited a drug user to sell for him with the promise of being paid up to a £120 a day.
The victim, a man in his 30s, took on the work to fund his own drugs habit, although was not paid and instead took some of the narcotics himself.
Learning of his losses, Mahaboob ordered him to a flat in Romford where he proceeded to punch and kick him in the face and body for an hour.