A son who followed his father into crime after describing him as his ‘role model’ has joined him behind bars. Junnaid Tufail was just 19 when he started committing crime with his father Asim Tufail.
Junnaid looked up to his dad despite him being absent for much of his childhood after receiving a 12 year sentence for drug dealing.
When he got out, rather than changing his ways Asim Tufail just carried on, adding gun running and an international money laundering operation to his crimes.
He was also called in by other criminals to assist with ‘enforcement’ in underworld disputes, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.
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