03/04/2003
NI drug dealer jailed in Scotland
A Northern Ireland man has been jailed for 14 years after terrorising a Scottish housing estate through his gang's drug activities.
David McLeave, 26, led a gang of six men who it was alledged controlled the drugs scene in Edinburgh's Calders housing estate for over two years.
In order to strike fear into his victims McLeave told them he was a member of loyalist paramilitary group, the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), a boast later proven to be false.
McCleave was finally apprehended when terrified victims, many of them drug addicts, agreed to testify against him.
Following a six-week trial in Dunfermline, McLeave was found guilty of 12 charges including several serious assaults.
The other members of his gang were also convicted on drug-dealing charges. Paul Campbell, 20, received a 10-year sentence; his brother Barry Campbell, 21, got six years; Thomas Irvine, 21, got 10 years and six months; Edward Lindsay, 23, received 10-years; and 21-year-old Lee Kinghan got a 10-year sentence.
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David McLeave, 26, led a gang of six men who it was alledged controlled the drugs scene in Edinburgh's Calders housing estate for over two years.
In order to strike fear into his victims McLeave told them he was a member of loyalist paramilitary group, the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), a boast later proven to be false.
McCleave was finally apprehended when terrified victims, many of them drug addicts, agreed to testify against him.
Following a six-week trial in Dunfermline, McLeave was found guilty of 12 charges including several serious assaults.
The other members of his gang were also convicted on drug-dealing charges. Paul Campbell, 20, received a 10-year sentence; his brother Barry Campbell, 21, got six years; Thomas Irvine, 21, got 10 years and six months; Edward Lindsay, 23, received 10-years; and 21-year-old Lee Kinghan got a 10-year sentence.
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