‘Juror was paid off by drug baron’

A juror plotted with his mother and a witness to get a boxing promoter cleared of drug dealing charges, a court heard. Damien Drackley, 37, allegedly tried to persuade other jurors the defendant was not guilty before they even discussed the evidence against Les Allen, 66. Drackley, Allen and witness Laurence Hayden, 53, are now standing trial at the Old Bailey for conspiracy to pervert the course of justice between 12 and 22 November 2018. Hayden was arrested for giving…