Tyrone Potter, who was known by the street name Nemo. A major dealer who controlled Basingstoke s drug scene has been jailed. Tyrone Potter, who went by the street name Nemo, was one of the leading figures in a cartel of county lines drug networks that operated in the town. His line operated for almost three years, with links to Kingston and Reading, and was responsible for selling 10 kilograms of Class A drugs - equivalent to a street value of £1 million. Potter, 25 from Earley, Reading, started a cartel with his Nemo line alongside Ahmed Abdullah and Antonio Abayomi, who ran the Monster and Bestie lines in the town.
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Olamide Soyege and Terence Maccabee were jailed after the death of Taylor Williams in 2019. The men responsible for the killing of a teenager in Basingstoke were arrested and released just days before his death, it has been revealed. Olamide Soyege was convicted of murder and Terence Maccabee of manslaughter after Taylor Williams was stabbed to death at a flat in Basingstoke in August 2019. Soyege, Maccabee and Basingstoke woman Paige Taylor planned to rob the Ray county lines network of drugs and money when it went wrong and Mr Williams was killed. Now, it has emerged that Soyege and Maccabee were both arrested just days before the incident.
A Reading man has denied operating a county lines drug network in Basingstoke. Tyrone Potter, of Chiltern Crescent in Earley, Reading, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs across the town. It is claimed by the prosecution that the 24-year-old was involved in the dealing of heroin and crack cocaine for two years. Appearing at Winchester Crown Court on Wednesday morning, Potter entered not guilty pleas. He was remanded into custody, and the case has been listed for a management hearing on January 14, at the same court. No date has been set for his trial.
A Reading man has denied operating a county lines drug network in Basingstoke. Tyrone Potter, of Chiltern Crescent in Earley, Reading, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs across the town. It is claimed by the prosecution that the 24-year-old was involved in the dealing of heroin and crack cocaine for two years. Appearing at Winchester Crown Court on Wednesday morning, Potter entered not guilty pleas. He was remanded into custody, and the case has been listed for a management hearing on January 14, at the same court. No date has been set for his trial.