Guildford Crown Court May 2022. It could have gone either way. Six months earlier I had beenextradited from Italy on an International Arrest Warrant for Drug Trafficking.

One month in Rebibbia in Rome and five months on remand in High Down and Wanno. How did it get to this point? What errors had I made to be looking at 20 yearsin the Big House?You’d have to go back a few years. Growing up in the 80’swas a brilliant time, Ska music, Paul Weller, The Casual Look, Football and atthe end of the 80’s...Acid House.

I can still remember my first E, I stoppedoff at McDonalds in Kensington and necked half a capsule of MDMA with my mateBen, RIP. Fuck all happened and I even ended up having a fight in the club!That would have been early 88 at one of Philip Sallon’s nights. After loadsmore pills, it was on to the old chop chop and Energy raves in Surrey, LoveParades in Berlin.

Throw in Boy George, Mr C, Dr. Motte, The London Posse, MadMick from Moss Side, Patpong, Koh Samui, The Cock Tavern in Somerstown,Arsenal, Samson and Scotty, Melbourne, Dave Beasant and you start to see how itall came to be.