A RISING star IT manager at Fujitsu who started his own brand of drug dealing after being stabbed with a machete at a party will spend the next few years behind bars after being jailed at Reading Crown Court last week.

Daniel Chapman, of Wayland Close, Bracknell, sold cocaine, MDMA, cannabis, Xanax and other drugs as the ‘Dead Lean Team’. The 30-year-old was texting customers with messages such as “Frosty the snowman is back” to indicate he had cocaine available for sale.

A court has heard how Chapman turned to drug dealing following a deterioration in his mental health after being stabbed at a party two years ago. He was questioned three times by police between December 2020 and October 2021 after packages from overseas containing MDMA were seized by Border Force officers.

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• Bracknell residents could get paid, thousands could get £150 council tax rebate
• A Bracknell man has been jailed after burning down a store he was banned for shoplifting.
• Alarm bells have been sounded over the ‘horrific’ number of coronavirus cases among school-aged children in Bracknell
• Police warning after keyless car thefts
• Residents of Bracknell have expressed concern over impending energy cost hikes.
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• Biggest Award as Salon Turns 21 – Bracknell Salon Wins Best in Berkshire Award

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Ascot News

THE son of two police officers has agreed to pay £800,000 to the family of a sales manager he killed while driving with drugs. Max Coopey, of Ascot, was driving an Audi A5 sports car belonging to his father, a Metropolitan Police sergeant, when he hit Jason Imi, 48, on August 2, 2018. The 20-year-old was bringing back two friends at home after smoking cannabis. when the accident happened around 11:30 p.m.

Imi and her 61-year-old colleague John Shackley were killed as they crossed the road near the Royal Berkshire Hotel in Sunninghill after a working dinner.

At a hearing in London County Court on Tuesday February 1, Assistant District Judge David Smith issued an order with the agreement of Coopey and Mr Imi’s widow, Sarah, and their three children .

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• Gypsy Millionaire calls out comedian Jimmy Carr for a ‘disparaging’ joke.
• Five projects planned for housing: AFTER more than a decade of work, the local borough plan (PLP) should finally be adopted next week by elected officials.
• DRIVERS have been warned of new parking charges of up to £19 in the Royal Borough under new ‘reservation’ rules.

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Wokingham News

LOCAL opinion is divided over a plan to move the war memorial from a Berkshire village to those who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars. Finchampstead Parish Council requested that the village war memorial be moved from its current location at the junction of Jubilee Road and Rectory Hill last November.

The project involves moving the cross, a Grade II listed structure dating from 1920, to Finchampstead Memorial Park. The parish council argued that placing the war memorial in the park would allow safe and easy access for visitors who wish to gaze quietly and allow for better participation in remembrance services and other events.

However, some villagers objected to its relocation. Tim Denton said: ‘For someone who has lived and grown up in Finchampstead all my life for about 60 years, and still less than a mile from the cross, I totally disagree with that.

Also in paper:

• Couple who were taken to court by council for cutting trees and erecting ‘unauthorised building’ will not have to pay their £15,000 court costs, court has ruled
• The Library Service leads the council’s celebration of LGBT+ History Month, with a range of online resources and events for adults and children led by the Library Service
• Wokingham vet to rethink expansion plan after parking complaints and noise issues
• The MP for Wokinghams said rising energy bills and National Insurance will see households endure the ‘cruelest’ month to come in over 30 years
• Wokingham Borough Council has announced it has additional funding until the end of March
• A zero waste shop will open
• A section of a main road which should serve the planned new homes in Wokingham has officially opened.

And much more

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