A Thanet man acquitted of double murder four months ago has been jailed for drugs offences.

Abraar Amin, 18, had been accused of being part of a gang which ambushed and killed two rival dealers in a “frenzied and brutal” attack.

Four men were convicted of the east London murders, but Amin and two others were found not guilty of murdering two men, who had been stabbed 24 times.

But now the teenager, from Crawford Avenue, Margate, has been sent to a young offender’s institute for two years after admitting two charges of possessing class A drugs intending to sell them and one of possessing cannabis.

Canterbury Crown Court heard how in June he was caught dealing in crack cocaine and heroin.

The judge Recorder Charles George QC was told that police stopped Amin in Godwin Road in Margate and searched him.

They found him carrying illegal drugs and, after arresting him, raided his homeand discovered other drugs hidden in the chimney breast, along with £720 in cash.

Amin was also ordered to pay the compulsory £100 victim surcharge and £900 crown court charge.

In March, the Old Bailey heard how four gang members ambushed two rival drug dealers and killed them to steal their clients.

Aaron Carriere, 21, and Josiah Manful, 20, were stabbed 24 times in under a minute, the court was told.

The two men were "lured" to a road in Leytonstone, east London, in the early hours of March 1, 2014.

Devonte Campbell, Casey Jones, Alex Bernard and Omar Hassan were found guilty of two counts of murder.

The two victims were "boxed in" by the cars of their killers and set upon in their black Ford Fiesta in Montague Road, the court heard.

The hearing was also told the defendants had been "working as a team" to "lure" the two young men into a trap and kill them.

Despite the fact there were drugs and cash in the car, only Mr Carriere's mobile phone was stolen which contained his drug dealing "client list".

Mr Carriere was a "successful drugs dealer", selling crack cocaine, heroin and cannabis on the streets of Leytonstone and, unbeknown to him, was the subject of an undercover police probe.

Campbell, 20; Jones, 19; Bernard, 21; and Hassan, 21; all from east London, had denied the charges.

At the time of the killings Campbell, a known gang member, was serving a suspended jail sentence for perverting the course of justice.

Amin, Wail Alawi, 23; and a 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, also from east London, were all cleared of murder.