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A world champion boxing trainer and manager has been found guilty of conspiracy to supply cocaine.
Andrew Bulcroft, 48, who is better known in the boxing community as Stefy Bull, has been remanded in custody since February 28 after being accused of buying 'significant amounts' of cocaine under the pseudonym 'Yummycub' by using the Encrophat encrypted phone network.
Bulcroft denied the charges against him, but a jury delivered a unanimously guilty verdict after a four-day trial at Sheffield Crown Court.
He will now be sentenced along with his co-defendant Benjamin Williams at the same court on August 26. Williams pleaded guilty in February to conspiracy to supply cocaine, possessing cocaine with intent to supply, possessing cannabis with intent to supply and possessing criminal property, and has been released on conditional bail ahead of his sentencing.
Bulcroft's sentencing had been due to take place last month but was pushed back to later this summer due to the availability of his legal team.
The sentencing range for conspiracy to supply a Class A drug ranges from a high-level community order to 16 years imprisonment, according to the Sentencing Council for England and Wales.
Boxing trainer Andrew Bulcroft (right) has been found guilty of conspiracy to supply cocaine
Bulcroft has worked with multiple world champions, including Terri Harper (right), but is now facing up to 16 years in jail
Bulcroft denied the charges against him but a jury delivered a unanimously guilty verdict
Bulcroft is a former professional boxer who faced Amir Khan back in 2007 before turning his hand to training and management. Based in Doncaster, he has worked with a number of elite fighters, including three-weight female world champion Terri Harper.
He also previously guided the career of ex-world champion Jamie McDonnell, as well as Maxi Hughes and Jason Cunningham, who have won major titles as professionals.
Harper successfully defended her WBO lightweight belt last month, but Bulcroft was not in her corner.
Court documents revealed how prosecutor Sam Ponniah told jurors police found messages between Bulcroft and Christopher and Jonathan McAllister - who were jailed in 2022 for importing Class A drugs.
Ponniah told the court how messages sent between March and May 2020 showed Yummycub 'enquiring about buying kilos of cocaine at around £38,000 a go'.
The police turned their attention to finding out who Yummycub was, and found that a message asking one of the McAllisters to meet at 'my gym' shared the same postcode as Bulcroft's former boxing gym in Denaby Main. Another message telling the McAllisters to meet at 'my house' also matched Bulcroft's home address.
Bulcroft replied 'thank you' to a happy birthday message on May 10, 2020, with Ponniah claiming this made it 'crystal clear' he was Yummycub.
Bulcroft denied the allegation and claimed one of his fighters must have been Yummycub after revealing how they would sometimes stay at his house.
He did not name an alternative suspect, and there is no indication of any wrongdoing from any fighters associated with Bull.
