Digga D was hit with jail time for supplying hashish however continues to have interaction followers with the discharge of a brand new single.
Digga D has been sentenced to three years and 11 months in jail for supplying hashish.
At a sentencing listening to on Friday (January 31), at Lincoln Crown Court docket, Decide Simon Hirst decided that Digga D (born Rhys Herbert) performed a major position in promoting hashish for business revenue, native information retailers report.
The choose acknowledged: “First, Mr. Herbert was concerned in provide of hashish over a interval of at the very least 7 months from about January 2023 to July 2023. Second, the quantity of hashish which got here into the possession of Mr. Herbert was at the very least 50.65 kilograms.”
Decide Hirst concluded that at the very least 45 kilograms of hashish was offered for revenue.
The court docket heard Digga D, who appeared by way of video hyperlink throughout the sentencing, has six earlier convictions for 13 offenses. His report consists of possessing an offensive weapon and violent dysfunction.
James Scobie, the rapper’s lawyer, argued that Digga’s previous offenses have been irrelevant, noting they have been dedicated when he was a teen. Scobie additionally acknowledged this was “very a lot a primary offense when it comes to medicine provide” including that Digga had “misplaced a yr of his skilled life.”
The U.Okay. drill artist has spent the final 10 months on remand at HMP Wormwood Scrubs.
Throughout a earlier listening to, Digga D claimed he started smoking hashish at age 12 to assist with frequent migraines.
Regardless of his authorized troubles, Digga D continues to maintain his followers engaged from behind bars. He despatched a message to his followers as information of his sentencing emerged and in addition launched a brand new single, “Okra & Fiji.”
“All of us make errors however keep in mind God has a plan for all of us,” he wrote on Instagram, alongside a jailhouse picture. “I respect everybody who has taken the time to write down to me.”
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