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Roy Fowl/Father Fowl King Of British Link Up WHO WAS HE?/JBN “Father Fowl” an international crack coc@ine ‘king’ who used the music industry as a front to run a massive drgs empire was sentenced to 13 years on June 15 2004. Operating from a modest suburban bungalow in Sudbury, northwest London, Owen Clarke spent a decade flooding the country with possibly hundreds of millions of pounds of the highly addictive narcotic. His sprawling organisation, ran like a well ordered business, and was one of the biggest in Britain. Clarke was caught when a police raid yielded 51 kilograms of coc@ine with a street value of £1m. Two of his accomplices were also jailed. It was believed to have a turnover greater than the gross domestic product of some Third World countries and had links with a number of South America’s most notorious cartels. One of Father Fowl’s trademark was to burn $50 notes, another was to leave the price tags showing on his $10,000 hand stitched designer suits. Then there was his love of gold jewellery and his fleet of fast cars. In Jamaica Clarke drove a Jaguar XKA convertible with the personal license plate ‘007'.  The diamond encrusted crucifix he wore around his neck was worth 10,000 pounds and he owned a string of properties in Britain and the Caribbean. He was the head of the ‘British Link Up Crew’, an organisation that promoted music and dancehall events both in Britain and Jamaica. He used the group as a front for his drg smuggling activities. In Jamaica, the crew was renowned for their extravagant lifestyles, while their parties attracted celebrities and sports personalities including Lennox Lewis and footballer Ricardo Gardner - as well as a series of criminal figures active in the drg trade between Jamaica and Britain. Clarke's drgs empire stretched from Britain to the United States, Jamaica, Antigua and St Lucia. He recruited a network of 20 mules, many of them Jamaican women or mistresses who flew regular trips between the United States, the Caribbean, and the Continent and UK. Many used the Eurostar to bring in millions of pounds worth of the drug after flying into the Continent to avoid detection at Britain's airports. He would reward them with nights in five-star London hotels and shopping trips, and would pay in drgs, not cash to keep them hooked. Meanwhile, using safe houses in London, his associates would move the shipments of c0caine to all the major cities in the UK on buses and trains. Thirteen of them were jailed for 123 years during a series of court cases across Southern England. Captured at the age of 46, it led to the end of the biggest undercover investigation by Operation Trident, which specialises in gun cr!me in London's black communities. The operation also involved America's FBI and law enforcement agencies in Jamaica, Antigua, and St Lucia. The intensive investigations lasted years, spanned continents and led to more than 30 arrests worldwide. Judge William Kennedy told Clarke that his own ‘arrogance’ and ‘a professional’ police operation had led to his capture. “Those who deal in class A drgs deal in death. Class A drgs destroy families and ruin lives, “ Kennedy continued. "Those who supply others are responsible indirectly and directly for much of the violent, acquisitive cr!me which so terrifies decent people and shatters the lives of so many,” the judge added. His defence claimed duress and allegations that he had been fitted up by the police. However, a jury of four women an eight men took just four an a half hours to unanimously conv!ct him of one count of conspiracy to manufacture crack cocaine, one of supplying it and two counts of possessing it with intent to supply. The 13-year sentence was later slashed to 11 after he made an appeal. In September 2006 he was slapped with a confiscation order with a threat of four more years in jail if he did not pay up. The courts heard Clarke say he made his fortune as a music promoter but never kept accounts, paid taxes or opened a bank account. The judge at the confiscation order had ruled that he made 578,403 pounds from his crimes of which just 288,782 pounds was recovered. However, at the Criminal Appeal Court, his lawyers argued that part of the ruling should be overturned as there was no evidence to suggest he owned a house in Jamaica or a valuable Volvo car.  The judge agreed Clarke did not own the car after they considered evidence from its new owner to say he had not transferred the relevant documents at the time of Clarke's arrest.  Permission to appeal against that part of the judge's findings on the confiscation order was therefore granted. Which means Clarke had won the permission to challenge The UK’s attempt to strip him of his assets. Please remember to LIKE, SHARE, SUBSCRIBE, LEAVE A COMMENT and CLICK the notification bell to receive our daily news items. #royfowl #fatherfowl #JBN