A First Dates star has been sentenced for over six years for his involvement in a heroin operation.
Joseph ‘Joey’ Shaw, 28, was found guilty of supplying the class A narcotic and of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and cultivate cannabis.
When police raided a residence in Bradford, West Yorkshire, in 2021, they discovered 31kg of heroin, worth £1.5 million on the street, as well as £100,000 in cash.
The drugs were discovered in two laundry bags in the attic, while the money was discovered in a padlocked sports bag.
Shaw and his younger brother Daniel, 24, pleaded guilty to the offences at Bradford Crown Court in May 2022, with his sibling sentenced to 10-and-a-half years behind bars.
Mohammed Bashir, 42, was also charged with possessing a Class A narcotic with intent to supply and possessing criminal property.
He first pled not guilty and went on trial at Bradford Crown Court, but he pleaded guilty halfway through the trial.
Bashir will be sentenced at a later time.
Some may remember Shaw from the Channel 4 dating show First Dates, when he participated in 2017.
Shaw was paired with pink-haired Jodie during his time on the show, and the two dined together at the show’s famous London restaurant.
Since fate would have it, he had already met his date, as they had stumbled into each other on the train down ahead of filming.
Astonished that he was on a date with a woman he had already met, Shaw said to Fred Sirieix, ‘I know her!’
During the date, Shaw slipped away to the bathroom to talk with a friend on the phone.
‘I’m on a date with her, she’s proper like pretending she don’t know me,’ he said. ‘How funny is that? She’s like “oh yeah, we kind of know each other”.’
He added: ‘I don’t kind of know you, I spent all night with you last night!’
Shaw also revealed that they had shared a Subway sandwich, with Jodie ordering a’six inch’ from waiter Cici Coleman.
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