Former TOWIE star Mike Hassini released from prison after serving two of almost seven year sentence for cocaine supply
dailyrecord.co.ukA former star of The Only Way is Essex who was jailed for drug offences has been released after two years of his almost seven-year sentence.
Mike Hassini had been ordered to serve six years and nine months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, possession of cocaine with intent to supply and possession of criminal cash in 2021.
Hassini, who appeared on the ITVBe show from 2015 - 2018, was arrested after being seen by police handing a brown cardboard box containing the Class A drugs to Gary Bear, 23, who was sentenced to five years and three months.The Mirror reports Hassini’s early release after his girlfriend Jessica Milford shared snaps of the pair on holiday to Instagram.
In 2021, Judge Richard Inyundo told Hassini and Bear as he sentenced them: "You are not the only two young men to find yourselves in difficulty due to the Covid pandemic."But many people in far more difficult positions than you did not make the decision to go into criminality and certainly did not make the decision to go into very serious criminality, which frankly both of you made the decision to do with your eyes wide open."Police found the cocaine in Bear's grey Mercedes and they found £36,495 in cash in a blue plastic bag in a black smart car that was being driven by Hassini.
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