Johnny Gerrard Kock, a notorious drugs baron has passed away in his cell at HMP Berwyn in Wales.
Kock was serving a 25-year sentence for importing up to 6,000kg of cocaine, with an estimated street value of up to a billion pounds, to the United Kingdom.
He used a fake pond-liner business to smuggle the drugs from the continent to an industrial site in Old Swan.
Kock, a Dutch national, had previously escaped prosecution in 1992 and 1994 but was finally caught in 2013.
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He later admitted to being involved in cannabis trafficking. At the time of his arrest, Kock was living in a semi-detached house on Willow Road, Wavertree.
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On October 2014, Kock was sentenced to 25 years in prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to import class-A drugs. The French customs officers identified 23kg of cocaine hidden in washing powder, while the German officers were tipped off to a 103kg consignment.
Judge Mark Brown, who presided over Kock’s sentencing, stated that this was one of the largest drug offenses ever considered by the courts in terms of the amount of cocaine involved.
Brown said:
“In terms of the amounts of cocaine, this must be one of the biggest ever offenses considered by the courts.”
On May 25, an inquest was held in Ruthin County Hall in Wales regarding Kock’s death. The 75-year-old’s body was found in his isolation cell by two prison officers at 11 am. The senior coroner for North Wales East and Central, John Gittins, presided over the inquest and heard the details of Kock’s death.
Meanwhile, a Home Office post-mortem revealed the cause of death for Kock was heart failure. The coroner has concluded that this was a natural death.
Despite testing positive for Covid-19, Home Office pathologist Dr Brian Rodgers stated that the virus was not a contributing factor to Kock’s passing.
During his time in prison, Kock refused both a Covid vaccination and treatment for his longstanding cardiac issues. These details were presented at the inquest.
