Danny Cahalane’s ex-wife allegedly helped a drug boss track him down after he failed to repay a huge drug debt
14:48, 23 Jan 2026Updated 15:22, 23 Jan 2026
Paris Wilson – charged with conspiracy to murder Danny Cahalane – attends Plymouth Magistrates’ Court on April 24, 2025 (Image: Carl Eve/PlymouthLive)
A jury has been told Danny Cahalane’s ex-wife helped an angry drug boss track the Plymouth father down – telling her mother she had been offered “a few grand”.
The trial of ten people – seven men from London and three women from Plymouth – continued today (January 23) with lead prosecutor Joanne Martin KC expanding on the circumstances leading up to the death of Danny Cahalane, who passed away in Bristol hospital on May 3, last year aged just 38.
The court heard that he had been attacked at the front door of his house on Lipson Road in the early hours of February 21, leaving him with severe chemical burns. Though he survived the initial attack he later died at a hospital in Bristol.
The jury was previously told that Danny was a “drug dealer in Plymouth who owed a large amount of money to another drug dealer further up the chain of command” – suggesting it was around £120,000 in total.
The drug boss, whose real name was Ryan Kennedy, was known as “Frost”. The jury learned of an increasing number of threats by Frost to Danny via WhatsApp. In one, he wrote “Your mum’s house going a light tonight as well. And your girls. And your gonna die. I’m a millionaire I ain’t stopping until your dead”.
Police on scene guard following acid attack incident in Lipson Road, Plymouth(Image: Carl Eve/PlymouthLive)
He told Danny “I’ll get your location again. And your gonna get shot.”
To underscore his point, telling Danny he had “a couple of hours”, Frost forwarded a video clip of Danny’s mother’s front door in Rotherhithe in London to him.
Ms Martin KC said Danny wrote back, insisting he would get the money to Frost, including getting “flyers” – people who would carry drugs and cash in suitcases into the country from abroad – but Frost dismissed this, saying “I don’t need flyers right now”.
On January 28, 2025, clearly exasperated at Danny’s excuses and promises, Frost wrote: “Mate I don’t care no more its a violation make sure this is done today bro same s*** everyday”.
On January 29, following more messages, Frost told Danny: “You ruin my f***ing s***. Need u out my life”. The next day Frost continued: “Not funny mate I need my f***ing money. I need my 88k. Need to see u on train. They coming to addresses. Yh that is a threat as well you take me for some f***ing c*** no respect at all for me. Your robbing me”.
Danny Cahalane passed away in hospital ten weeks after being attacked with sulphuric acid(Image: Devon and Cornwall Police)
In one reply, Frost told Danny that he had “a lot of people to provide for” and that Danny was “taking food out my people mouth”, which Ms Martin KC said the prosecution took that as meaning Frost was the boss of a gang and he had to pay other people, which he could not if Danny failed to pay his debt.
Danny appeared to briefly fight back, criticising Frost for threatening his children’s home, adding “you’re terrorising me bruv…”
Frost responded: “Alright cool let’s go to war… Keep the money. You f***ing idiot”, adding “need you out of my life. I need all of this f***ing money. I’m gonna get u I swear to god.”
The last communication recorded on Danny’s phone, which was examined by police, notes that Danny continued to promise to get Frost the money, but by February 10, just a few days before the acid attack in Plymouth, Frost bluntly replied, “keep it”.
The jury was reminded of an incident on The Quay, Oreston, on January 19, when Danny attended his ex-wife, Paris Wilson’s, address at 10am. The jury were shown CCTV footage from a nearby pub showing him turn up at the address. As he got back into his car, three males approached Danny. They were Jean and Arrone Mukuna and Kelvin Asante, who had driven down from London on what the prosecution claimed was Frost’s orders.
They attempted to open the car door, but Danny sped off, later followed by the three London men in their car.
Ms Martin KC said the prosecution’s case was that they knew where and when to target Danny, thanks to his ex-wife, Paris Wilson. She told the jury Wilson was “fully aware” of what Danny did to make his money, saying she first met him when he was in prison for supplying drugs.
The jury were told they later married but in 2022 the relationship broke down and by 2025 it had become “acrimonious”.
Ms Martin KC showed the jury a series of text exchanges between her and her mother, Karen Wilson, which revealed she had been in contact with Frost.
Danny Cahalane pictured in 2012, when he was jailed for drugs offences(Image: Devon and Cornwall Police)
On January 8 she messaged her mother: “Like Frost is losing his mind. Frost is saying he will pay me if I find where he is today. He said he will pay me a few grand and double what Dan owes you and give you an oz. So 600 [pounds] and a oz’.”
Ms Martin KC said Paris’ mother asked how she knew Frost would pay, Paris replied “he’s minted” adding that it was not him paying, but his boss. She added that “they can’t handle any more of his [Danny’s] He’s in so much debt”.
Another message saw Paris tell her mother she wanted Danny’s girlfriend’s address adding that “Frost has todl em he could make me millions if I can a harbour master to ignore a container coming in” followed by a laughing emoji face. She then added that “but we don’t get container ships here”.
She also wrote how the gang would “grab” Danny’s then girlfriend “and get her to take them to him” adding “she’s a c*** tbh mum so I don’t care”.
The jury were told that the messages suggested that both Paris and her mother were actively thinking about ways of finding out where Danny lived and where he would be at specific times.
On January 8 Paris wrote “I’m not that savage. I’d sooner set Dan up here. Tell them he will be hear at 3:30 to collect”, adding “that’s easy, but I’m worried about my karma, but at least nobody but Dan gets hurt, and he did f*** massively with my life and he deserves it”.
On January 14 she told her mother that Frost had messaged her the night before saying “get that bum to call me he’s dead”. She went on to say that Frost had “covered the money to his people but it’s now its HIS money and he wants it and he just can’t handle being disrespected.”
Ms Martin KC said the prosecution’s case was that there was “no doubt at all that Paris Wilson set Danny up; no doubt at all that she told Frost exactly where Danny would be at about 10am on Sunday 19th January” as only she knew where he would be at that time, having arranged it with him.
The jury was shown a series of messages between Paris and Danny, which saw her ask him to attend her home on that day and at that time to drop a person off. She went on to ask him “do you have anything planned trip wise in the the near future?” to which he replied “well, moneys been a bit tight last few months, but it’s levelling out now”.
The jury were told that Frost was making use of the information by preparing his lieutenants – Adedoja and Bakas-Sithole – and others to “to go to Oreston to put the frighteners on Danny.”
The Quay, Oreston(Image: Google Street View)
She said the jury would be shown evidence supporting the prosecution’s claim by a combination of telephone evidence, from phones seized from various defendants as well as information from the Mukuna brothers, from their interviews with police.
A total of 10 defendants – seven men from London and three women from Plymouth – are on trial, with seven of these accused of Mr Cahalane’s murder and an alternative charge of manslaughter, on May 3, 2025.
They are Paris Wilson, 35, of The Quay, Plymouth; Jude Hill, 43, of Wantage Gardens, Plymouth; Abdulrasheed Adedoja, 23, of Neasden, London; Ramarnee Bakas-Sithole, 23, of Islington, London; Israel Augustus, aged 26, of Tottenham, London; Isanah Sungum, 22, of Edmonton, London; and Brian Kalemba, 23, of Barking, London.
Five of the defendants are charged with the attempted kidnapping and attempted grievous bodily harm of Mr Cahalane on January 19 2025, at The Quay in Oreston, Plymouth. They are Adedoja, Bakas-Sithole and Wilson along with Jean Mukuna, 23, and Arrone Mukuna, 25, both of Camden, London.
Nine of the defendants are also charged with being involved in an organised crime gang involved in the supply of drugs, including enforcement of drug debts, between January 1, 2025, and April 11, 2025. They are Adedoja, Bakas-Sithole, Augustus, Wilson, Sungum, Kalemba, Jean and Arrone Mukuna and Jenna Said, 39, of Ernesettle Green, Plymouth.
All ten deny the charges.
The trial continues