British boxer turned Manila ‘drug baron’ faces life in prison for running red-light district gang

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A boxer and ex-convict from East London faces life in prison in the Philippines on accusations that he was the head of a gang that waged a “reign of terror” that included kidnapping, extortion and drug trafficking, over a Makati red-light district. Darren Wall was arrested on March 23, 2022, alongside his wife, 23-year-old Kharney Jane Abejo, after allegedly brandishing a gun at a nightclub. Police confiscated a 9mm Beretta pistol and six grams of cocaine. If convicted, the 44-year-old faces 18 years without parole in Manila’s notorious New Bilibid Prison.

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[durchfaII]

He got lucky that he wasn't sent to a worse prision, he's being treated like a princess

[bobofthestorm]

A convicted criminal enters the Philippines legally and immediately runs criminal gang.

Philippine immigration need to be stricter with these sort of people.

[nishio]

"I've never seen him carrying a gun"
"But he has a gun"
😐

[reviewmasterx]

There was a drug dealer in the Bangkok hilton who was given a life sentence of a 150 years. He appeals that judgment was too harsh and after serving 10 years the court heard his appeal. The judge said we admit your sentence of a 150 years is too harsh we have now reduced your sentence. YOU WILL NOW SERVE 100 YEARS .

[jerolvilladolid]

A life in prison at a Philippine jail is worse than the death penalty. You’d spend the rest of your life crammed like sardines with other sweaty, grown men. You literally have to sleep standing on some jails there.

[NickAndTech]

That's the roughest looking 44-year-old I've ever seen, thought he was 60.

[attempt]

Truly lovely, he is very lucky that he was caught in the Philippines and not the neighboring states! It would've been death sentence no arguments, though i assume living in a place like Manila Prison your whole life is objectively worst..

[huangmingcha]

He's lucky. in ASEAN country only the Philippines and Cambodia which abolished capital punishment. 8 other countries still implement the death penalty. but on 17 Nov 2020 Cambodia, Malaysia, and the Philippines voted to support the resolution calling for a moratorium on the use of capital punishment.

The last execution to be conducted was in Singapore (30 March 2022), a singaporean was executed for trafficking a total of 66.77 grams of diamorphine.

[ndl]

I have been living in the Philippines for 20 years and I see things like this all the time. By that, I mean foreign nationals who come here thinking they can act however they like and not learn to adapt to the culture. Whether they are criminals or not, coming here acting rich and entitled never goes over well. I can tell just by the footage of that guy's general demeanor, his age, and the age of his 'wife' that if it wasn't this kind of trouble, he would eventually end up in trouble for something else. A word to those who want to come to the Philippines: learn the culture, learn some of the language, be polite, patient and respectful always, and remember - you are not in your home country!

[tangbesitangbesi]

He is no ordinary drug lord to have escaped the attention of one of the World's most formidable anti-drug President

[Layput]

One thing is certain. He lied about his age. That man is not a day younger than 65

[kai-wowg]

I hadn't read the whole title and I thought it said *he got jailed for life for running a red light* 😂

[pauljoseph]

Convicted criminals leaving their motherland should be endorsed to Interpol to pin them anywhere they wanna go.

[LuminousSpace]

lol these comments.... defending drug dealer, have pity mercy etc, you have no idea how many lives he destroyed, by smuggling those things

[RandomNorwegianGuy.]

"Some evil guy gets exactly what he deserves"

Everyone watching this: "Oh no, anyways.."

[alienspecies]

"Iv'e never seen him carrying a gun" is the funniest line I ever heard.

[Man-with_a-crooked_glance]

These foreigners think they can do whatever they want in poor Asian countries. Let him rot in that prison!

[nathanielcarreon]

Cant stand living there anymore, more so in prison. Scheduled to have a vacation for 5 weeks but left after 3 weeks. Too hot and humid. Too chaotic

[zainmudassir]

Brits smuggling drugs in Asia. Some things never change

[Hi-Five-Ghost]

Did they say he’s “44 years old”? Dude looks like he’s pushing 70.