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The drug-dealing cousin of Derek Chisora has proved to a judge thousands of pounds of designer clothes were a gift from the heavyweight boxing star and not bought with cash made through narcotics.
Chisora, who last year bagged more than £6million during his fight against 'Gypsy King' Tyson Fury, donated the fancy clothes to relative Abdul Faina.
Faina was reportedly 'under the control' of his former dealers, who had ordered him to sell cocaine and heroin for them to pay off a drug debt he had racked up.
Gloucester Crown Court heard how Chisora had given his 34-year-old cousin two pairs of Versace trainers and other designer gear as well as cash to 'tide him over'.
Faina - whose nickname was 'Sky - was found by police 'surrounded by multiple wraps' of Class A narcotics during a bust on March 24 last year, with officers later discovering a phone that was linked to the 'Skyline' drugs line.
Derek Chisora (left) donated designer clothes to his drug-dealing cousin, who appeared before a judge after being caught selling narcotics. Chisora is pictured during his fight with Tyson Fury in December 2022
Abdul Faina, 34, was reportedly trying to pay off a drug debt to his former dealers by selling narcotics when he was caught by police in March of last year
The 34-year-old Congolese national was caught after police spotted a suspected drug deal taking place close to Northfield Passage, in Cheltenham, at 1.15pm earlier that day.
Prosecutor Alex Small said a 'known class A drug user' was approached by a man on a bike with an 'exchange of some form' taking place.
Officers swooped in and detained the man on the bicycle, who was found to be in possession of two wraps of Class A and a mobile phone linked to the Skyline drugs cartel.
Police also arrested the other male and later searched his property, which belonged to a 'vulnerable woman' - before then spotting a third man in a nearby courtyard.
'He was Abdul Faina and he was surrounded by multiple wraps of Class A drugs scattered over the courtyard floor. He was searched and had £405 in cash on his person.' Mr Small told the court.
'In the living room at the property there was clear signs of drug dealing. There was a "dealer list", drug
