Shame of former cricket starlet who helped plan huge drugs plot under the nickname 'Terry Venables'

A former cricket starlet who had dreams of turning pro has been jailed alongside two university graduates for their involvement in a huge drugs plots. Nicholas Doyle's ambitions as an 'extremely promising' cricketer were dashed after injury cut short his playing career.

The 28-year-old has now been locked up for seven years and two months after his shocking descent into drug dealing was uncovered. Michalis Papangelis, 28, an 'intelligent and 'well educated' graduate from an 'excellent background', and Salford University graduate Daniel Moscrop, 35, have also been sentenced to 12 years and nine months and three years and nine months in prison respectively.

Their involvement in large scale drug dealing was revealed by the law enforcement hack of the encrypted EncroChat network, when messages they believed were secret came back to haunt them. Police learned Papangelis, who lived in a plush apartment block in Ancoats, was involved in commercial drug dealing and was linked to about 25 kilos of cocaine.

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Alongside Moscrop, from Wythenshawe, and Doyle, from Failsworth, Papangelis was embroiled in a plot to flood the streets with around 22 kilos of ketamine.

And, Papangelis and Moscrop were also involved in plans to deal about 10 kilos of heroin, Manchester Crown Court heard.

After authorities in Europe cracked the highly secretive platform, messages sent within the network were handed to UK forces including GMP. Officers poured over the incriminating chats and learned that all three men had been operating under aliases, using EncroChat handles, or usernames, to arrange drug deals.

Papangelis used the handle 'Tim