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| Herbie Hide admits conspiracy to supply cocaine | Herbie Hide admits conspiracy to supply cocaine |
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| Former world champion boxer Herbie Hide has admitted a drugs charge after he was secretly filmed by a newspaper apparently arranging a drug deal. | Former world champion boxer Herbie Hide has admitted a drugs charge after he was secretly filmed by a newspaper apparently arranging a drug deal. |
| Herbie Hide, 41, had denied conspiracy to supply cocaine and was due to stand trial at Norwich Crown Court on Tuesday. He has now changed his plea. | Herbie Hide, 41, had denied conspiracy to supply cocaine and was due to stand trial at Norwich Crown Court on Tuesday. He has now changed his plea. |
| In February, The Sun claimed Hide had phoned a drug dealer, from whom reporters were able to buy cocaine. | In February, The Sun claimed Hide had phoned a drug dealer, from whom reporters were able to buy cocaine. |
| Hide, of Bawburgh, near Norwich, is due to be sentenced on November 29. | |
| In an interview with the BBC in February, Hide said the story was "manufactured" and he had been seen as a "vulnerable" target. | In an interview with the BBC in February, Hide said the story was "manufactured" and he had been seen as a "vulnerable" target. |
| He told BBC Look East he did not put the men in touch with a drug dealer and a man who claimed he supplied drugs was "a boy who was just showing off." | He told BBC Look East he did not put the men in touch with a drug dealer and a man who claimed he supplied drugs was "a boy who was just showing off." |
| 'Stitch me up' | |
| Hide, who held the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) version of the heavyweight title between 1997 and 1999, said reporters were "putting things in my mouth". | Hide, who held the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) version of the heavyweight title between 1997 and 1999, said reporters were "putting things in my mouth". |
| When asked if he thought he was vulnerable, he agreed, and said his parents tried to stop him going out "because when I go out people try to stitch me up". | When asked if he thought he was vulnerable, he agreed, and said his parents tried to stop him going out "because when I go out people try to stitch me up". |
| "I'm not as smart as you are, or anyone else," he said, in tears. | "I'm not as smart as you are, or anyone else," he said, in tears. |
| Hide was released on conditional bail until the sentencing hearing in Cambridge. | |
| Ben Sharman, 22, of Howe Lane, Poringland, Norfolk, was also arrested following the newspaper investigation. | |
| He had previously admitted conspiracy to supply a class A drug, offering to supply a class A drug and offering to supply a class B drug. | |
| Sharman, who was remanded in custody, will also be sentenced in November. |