Encrochat cocaine bosses ‘hired hitman to murder rival’
Encrochat drug barons accused of smuggling £40m worth of cocaine into the UK were caught plotting to murder a rival when investigators decoded their conversations, a court heard. Jimmy Gottshalk, 36, and Calvin Crump, 28, are said have hired hitman Michael Ematuwo, 28, to murder a fellow drug trader for £100,000. Peter Thompson, 60, was caught with a Glock handgun and ammunition to be used in the hit, jurors heard. Gottshalk, Crump and Thompson are said to have made up…