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Wed 04 Apr 2007Judge says Wright could die in course of 30-year sentenceThe judge acknowledged that Brian Wright might die in jail when he imposed a 30-year-sentence. Wright (30) was the Irish-born boss of the most successful global cocaine trafficking network ever discovered in Britain.At Woolwich Crown Court Judge Peter Moss told Wright: "You were a master criminal; manipulative, influential and powerful. I accept that you will be a very much older man when you are entitled to be released. I accept too . . . the possibility that you may not live that long.