UK drill rapper Digga D jailed for supplying cannabis

UK drill prima Digga D has been sentenced to 3 years and 11 months’ imprisonment for supplying 45kg of cannabis aft helium was arrested connected an Instagram livestream.

The 24-year-old musician, whose existent sanction is Rhys Herbert, antecedently pleaded blameworthy to 2 charges relating to the importation and proviso of the Class B drug.

Herbert, of Lonsdale Road successful Notting Hill, London, was arrested adjacent Lincoln connected February 21 past twelvemonth portion livestreaming connected Instagram.

During a two-day proceedings of issue, known arsenic a Newton hearing, successful December, prosecutors said Herbert played a relation successful supplying up to 60kg of cannabis, which helium denied.

He appeared astatine Lincoln Crown Court connected Friday via video-link from HMP Wormwood Scrubs, wherever Judge Simon Hirst told him helium was “satisfied” the rapper had been successful possession of 50.65kg of cannabis and had sold astatine slightest 45kg for profit.

The justice was definite Herbert supplied drugs implicit a play of 7 months betwixt January 2023 and July 2023, and sentenced him to astir 4 years – which helium volition walk up to fractional successful custody.

The rapper, who antecedently told the tribunal helium had utilized the cause since helium was 12 years old, has been successful custody since helium was arrested successful February past year.

The justice told Herbert: “I americium satisfied you were progressive successful supplying astatine slightest 45kg.

“It is agreed you had a important relation connected the ground you expected important fiscal advantage. On occasions others were progressive successful the cognition of returning and collecting cannabis.

“The level of the offending is truthful superior that determination indispensable beryllium a condemnation of imprisonment.”

Prosecutor Aaron Dinnes told the sentencing proceeding that Herbert had six convictions for 13 erstwhile offences, which included possession of a leaf and convulsive disorder.

James Scobie KC, defending Herbert, said: “This is perfectly a archetypal offence successful presumption of cause supply.

“In respect of him arsenic a dealer, this is not truly a lawsuit of idiosyncratic who had a ample fig of people. It was a azygous juncture helium directed 1 idiosyncratic to prime up immoderate drugs, who happened to beryllium a friend.

“He does not person a team, this is precise overmuch a one-man band.

“The suspect has been distant present since February of past year. There is simply a precise overmuch affirmative side, morganatic side, to this young man’s beingness successful respect of his enactment which is that of a performer and a writer to immoderate grade of planetary notoriety and following.

“It is very, precise bittersweet and disappointing that helium has had astatine the precise slightest a twelvemonth of his productive moving beingness down bars.

“He’s not a information to the public, he’s really a contributor to the public.”

The tribunal heard a missive from Herbert’s parent suggested that since being successful custody, her lad had been speechmaking the Bible regular and was “remorseful for what helium had done”.