Two men who killed a drug dealer after being sold gravy granules instead of heroin have both been jailed for 10 years.
Karl Drummond, 37, and Shahid Rafiq, 37, both of Caerphilly, paid £100 for the drugs, but realised later they had been duped, Cardiff Crown Court heard.
The men went to another dealer, Tony Singh, 24, from Newport, hitting him on the head with a metal bar.
Drummond and Rafiq admitted the manslaughter of Mr Singh.
Mr Singh, who died from head injuries, was found in his flat in Bryngwyn Road, Newport, on 15 November, 2010.
The defendants gave conflicting evidence on who hit him and how many times, but the court heard he was struck on the head at least twice.
The court heard how the killing of Mr Singh took place after Drummond and Rafig had been conned by another dealer.
Paul Lewis, prosecuting, said: "The men met the dealer and handed over £100 for a package before returning home.
"It was then they realised they had been ripped off."
The court heard that Drummond and Rafiq had no money or drugs, so arranged a meeting with Mr Singh.
"Mr Singh was hit on the head with a metal bar at least twice," added Mr Lewis.
"As he lay defenceless on the ground he was searched and robbed of property including cash and a mobile phone.
"He remained conscious long enough to get back to his flat where he collapsed and died from his injuries."
Judge John Curran told the pair they had been "strangers to the truth throughout this trial".
Take stock of your heroin habit
Take stock of your heroin habit
you can imagine their disappointment!
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Yep, cracks me up...
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
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Very methed up.
"Hang on while I log in to the James Webb telescope to search the known universe for who the fuck asked you." -- James Fell
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Ouch!
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
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Well smack me down, I guess they were heroins in their own mind.
Bah!
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Double ouch!
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
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Any particular reason why these MacArthur Award recipients didn't go after the dealer who had actually ripped them off? For all they know, the man they killed may have been a perfectly honest and legitimate heroin peddler.
"Hey, the dry cleaner over on Elm street ruined my suit! I know what to do. Let's go torch the dry cleaners over on Maple!"
"Hey, the dry cleaner over on Elm street ruined my suit! I know what to do. Let's go torch the dry cleaners over on Maple!"
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They knew the first guy had no smack, they had no money left, the other geezer had legged it, so they tried ripping this geezer off would be my guess.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Was it pure Bisto?
It's easier (and cheaper!) to get smack around here than Bisto...
It's easier (and cheaper!) to get smack around here than Bisto...
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?
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Ahh, I see where I made my mistake....they had no money left, the other geezer had legged it, so they tried ripping this geezer off
I wasn't looking at it like a heroin addict....
The priority here wasn't to get even with the guy who ripped them off; the priority here was to get the drugs as soon as possible, and since they had no money left they just mugged the first dealer they saw to get the drugs....
There was nothing personal about it....
