Jay Boys gang members jailed for dealing drugs from addicts' homes
Members of a drugs gang who "exploited the vulnerable" and sold heroin and crack cocaine from addicts' homes have been jailed, one of them for 11 years.
Eight men who were part of The Jay Boys were convicted following a trial at Chelmsford Crown Court. The jury heard how the gang ran a drugs line into Clacton and were caught after a series of violent crimes in the area. Essex Police said the length of the jail terms handed out "show the reality of the gang lifestyle". "Any money you make, or glamour that you think your lifestyle might have, will be short-lived and it's only a matter of time before you end up behind bars just like the Jay Boys," Ch Supt Paul Wells said. "If you are intent on coming to Essex to deal drugs, make no mistake, you can expect to meet Operation Raptor." Operation Raptor is Essex Police's team which tackles drug and gang-related crime. The gang's ring-leader, Courtney Kirby-Diamond, 26, of Queensbridge Road, Hackney, east London, was jailed for 11 years for two counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs. Other sentences for the same offence were as follows: