Ex-Deputy Crime Commissioner devastated at son's 'kingpin' label in £120m drugs smuggling conspiracy as it emerges he attended £45,000 public school
Sue Arnold, 63, says she believes her son's upbringing at the elite £45,000-a-year Repton School, whose alumni include Roald Dahl and Jeremy Clarkson, may have encouraged him not to "grass" during his case as she maintains he's not a "drug lord".
“Some people will just say it's sour grapes and that every mother of a criminal claims her son is innocent,” she told MailOnline. Jonathan’s smuggling operations funded his luxurious lifestyle, which included the purchase of a Ferrari, trips to Dubai, a Rolex and new teeth, police said.Ex-police chief complains her son jailed for running £135million cocaine smuggling gang wrongly labelled 'drug lord'Sue Arnold has said she believes police have named her son the 'kingpin' because it suits their narrative.
“While he was privileged, he always had a predisposition to help those less fortunate. He helped at Samiad International school, [a Summer school for overseas children to learn English] teaching rugby to the younger children. He had an awful lot of empathy for these kids who were away from their families.”Jonathan was arrested in March 2022.Top left: Arnold, right: Fletcher. Bottom left: Jenkins, right: Sadiq.
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