But while abroad, he got mixed up in another smuggling plot, and was apprehended for smuggling 50,000 tablets of an ecstasy-type substance which had been loaded into a vehicle at his home address in Denia. [8] George Cornell. He too was sprung from the prison van in Salford by an armed gang, but later caught after fleeing the country. Before that incident French, nicknamed The Devil because he struck such fear into the drug dealers he taxed and tortured, had claimed a Road to Damascus-style conversion had put an end to his evil ways. ", Stephen recalls that he was one of the most scary guys that you could ever wish to meet, "They whispered my name, people wouldn't look me directly in the face such was my reputation, such was my ferocity". In December 2013 a court imposed a 10-year prison sentence on Warren after the expiration of a 28-day period he was given to cough up the 198m the authorities claim he has tied up in assets around the globe. You can get the latest crime reports in your area here: Glenholmes was branded a ruthless, brutal and dangerous man by Judge Anil Murray, who sentenced him to 15 years in jail with a further 36 months on licence. Today it's a quiet Leicestershire village, but in the 14th century Ashby Folville was The Blind Beggar, a pub on Whitechapel Road most famous for the shooting of the Richardson gang member George Cornell by rival Ronnie Kray in 1966. The gang was kept under surveillance by detectives from the forces Matrix gun and gang crime unit, who recorded hours of damning evidence. But others are based on a family name, like the Whitney gang who flooded the streets of Liverpool with drugs. 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Unlike household names such as Stephen French, John Haase and Curtis Warren, the brothers had little notoriety. Gangs often take their names from areas their members live or operate in, such as the likes of the Strand Gang or the Scottie Road Crew. The jet-setting brothers were arrested by armed police in Thailand for leading a huge cocaine and ecstasy ring based in Wirral. Bradley, 31, from Huyton, Merseyside, was . It seems to me they have no stake in society excepting their membership of the gang. Anything else you need to know - The Liverpool Echo has a dedicated crime reporter in Joe Thomas. But they had spent years sat at the apex of a massive criminal network in Liverpool, stretching from their home in Anfield across much of the city. After the Shiels brothers gang was jailed for nearly 100 years, police noticed a marked fall in trouble on the Netherton Park estate. "I think the days of the old skilled blagger, or the 'Peterman', the man who would blow up a safe or someone who would break into a bonded warehouse or counterfeit a pass in order to get away with the ill gotten goods are long gone. Delroy, now in his mid-60s, was jailed in 2009 over a plot to smuggle just over 1m worth of amphetamines into Denmark from the Netherlands. Both brothers were named as part of the gang when hit with ASBOs as teenagers in 2011. He says it all began with the mass immigration of destitute Irish into Liverpool during the potato famine. The teen gunman rode to the car park of the Fir Tree pub in Croxteth Park, armed with a WW1 Smith and Wesson revolver and opened fire. Jason, then 42 and of North Sudley Road, Aigburth, and Ian, then 41 and of Heigham Gardens, St Helens, were jailed for 14-and-a-half and 16 years respectively in June 2013 over their plan to import 57kg of heroin from Turkey. Liam Smigger Smith was a prominent member of the 'Strand Gang' who was shot dead on August 23, 2006 after he went to visit a friend who was serving time in Altcourse Prison. Also known as the Crocky Crew or the Croxteth Young Guns. last updated: 18/04/2008 at 14:57created: 18/04/2008, Inside Out, Broadcasting Centre, Barrack Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE99 1RN. He enlisted two cronies to help him carry out. English and Scottish crime groups, as well as Irish gangs (like the Clerkenwell crime syndicate) and Turkish Cypriot descent (such as the Arif family) find their origin in tough, impoverished white working class neighbourhoods. Top 10 Liverpool Gangsters in 2022 February 17, 2022 49 49 You must have come across several gangster stories since you were little. In July 2017 Curtis Warren lost in a bid to contest his conviction. For nearly 30 years Liverpool gangsters have dominated the UK's illegal drug trafficking - creating and supplying the largest market in Europe. Another Deli Mob thug Paul Dwyer was jailed in 2018 after he kidnapped a drug dealer found covered in blood and begging for help in the boot of his own car. She was subsequently released from court, having already served half her sentence on remand. Liverpool gangsters, including the Bird of Prey and an accomplice, James Taylor, known as "Pancake", are "certainly talking" to the Sinaloa, along with Los Zetas, classified by . Robbery was also the trademark of one of Charlie's contemporaries - Tommy Commerford, known to his mates as 'Tacker'. But he was very successful in his own way.". The Linacre Young Guns was a street gang based in the Linacre Road area on the border of Litherland and Bootle. Michael Foy, 18, of Chelsea Road in Litherland, was jailed for drugs offences. In 2017 the ECHO revealed that gang, called the Kirkstone Riot Squad, was exerting a malign influence on the streets of Litherland. Liverpool gangster James "Pancake" Taylor masterminded an underworld revenge attack on an amateur boxer who knocked him out in a prison brawl. The Whitney gang were a family drugs ring that flooded the streets of Liverpool with drugs, peddled crack and heroin next to school playgrounds and lived a life of luxury off the back of it. The Whitney family sat at the head of a massive criminal network in Liverpool. Very very seldom was there guns. In the 90s Liverpool doormen were hand picked from gyms and boxing clubs, unlike today. Jamie Glenholmes led a masked gang armed with blades and a baseball bat as they stormed the property of drug dealer David Higgins. Police promised to meet force with force as violence flared amongst gangs - and for the first time in Britain, officers routinely and openly carried firearms. Their mum Christine, who admitted laundering 180,000 drug cash found hidden beneath floorboards in her Mossley Hill home, was jailed for two years. Sept. 28, 2016. Quinton admitted possessing a Glock with intent to endanger life, possessing a silencer, possessing a revolver, two counts of possessing ammunition and handling stolen goods. When Merseyside detectives arrested him he was about to do a deal with South American drug cartels. They are known and feared by others as the Croxteth Crew. Gee, formerly of Maryport Close in Everton, was found guilty of two counts of threats to kill and another two of blackmail at a trial. He was known as 'The Taxman' - a gangster who used to rob drug dealers - a highly dangerous enterprise in an extremely violent world. Los Zetas control access to the Venezuelan ports from where cocaine almost . That sentence, handed to him 2010, was to be served alongside a seven-and-a-half year drugs sentence. Ten years ago Shaun Smith was an enforcer for one of the biggest crime families in Liverpool and embroiled in a war against a rival drug gang. Rather than get his hands dirty, he directed others to produce, store, collect and distribute drugs to gangs across England and Scotland. In deciding which crimes to write about, we consider a range of issues including the severity of the crime, the threat to public safety and the wider context in which it happened. Reese OShaughnessy, 19; Keyfer Dykstra, 14; Andrew Hewitt, 15; Corey Hewitt; 14; and Joseph McGill, 14. "You couldn't possibly fall out with him. If the papers are to believed, they were an organised and ruthless gang . Gangsters Ian and Jason were locked up for a combined 30 years in 2013 over a 7m plot to smuggle high-strength heroin from Turkey to Merseyside. In 2017, Darren and Daniel's brother Stephen Gee was jailed for brutally robbing an OAP while high on cocaine and his dead brothers anti-psychotic medication. In 2018, Glenholmes' younger brother Jamie was jailed after breaking into a Fazakerley home and slashing a dad in the face. Today drugs are still very much part of Liverpool's crime scene. Leading gang member Sean Mercer was 16 years old when he shot Rhys in the car park of the Fir Tree Pub. In Liverpool, UK, you can hear real gangster stories from the same area. One of the most famous 1960's criminals was a boy who grew up in Huyton - and became a man with a nickname - 'Killer'. Lucy Hargreaves, 22, was under a duvet on the sofa in her front room in Lambourne Road when three men burst in August 2005, fired a shotgun at her and then torched the house. Joseph and Gregory Mulhare lived the high life, flying to Ibiza, Tenerife, France and America, thanks to massive drug plots. Residents were intimidated, rivals were threatened with guns and local police officers were mocked and teased in the street. Cocky remains locked up in Jersey, where he was convicted and sentenced to 13 years in jail over a 1m cannabis plot. His 14 year sentence was thought to have begun in Randers, Denmark, but in 2014 the Foreign Office confirmed he was moved back to the UK to finish his jail term. In November 2011, the family and their associates were sentenced to a total of 82 years in jail for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs, with individual sentences ranging from two to nine years. In 2010, 17-year-old Scottie Road Crew member James Moore was jailed for stabbing innocent army cadet Joseph Lappin, 16, to death outside a youth club in a horrific 2008 attack. Stephen Gee pretended to be a Liverpool City Council officer to con a 77-year-old widower after he caught him kerb-crawling. Bottom row l-r: Billy Griffin, Lauren Griffin, Robin Griffin, John Brady As he was jailed for seven years in December 2018, Kekula's. With the drugs has come guns for protection - and enforcement. "I actually taxed drug dealers not for the drugs - for the money. The original Fernhill gang dates back to the 1970s. A former community leader - known for driving a white Rolls Royce through the streets of Toxteth - he had spent years locked up in a Turkish jail over his role in an international smuggling plot. Then in 1980 things changed forever. Cortesi Brothers (1910s - 1922) Originally from Italy, brothers Augustus 'Gus', Enrico 'Frenchie', Paolo 'Paul' and George Cortesi were involved in protection racketeering of gamblers and bookmakers in the West End of London. July 2007 - Arrested in Jersey for conspiring to import 1 million of cannabis. Many of them remain behind bars, while others have been released following lengthy prison sentences for their crimes. Some of our region's most notorious criminal cases. He added: The Whitneys are an unpleasant family, significant in the Anfield area, their reputation was well-known. Leslie Whitney's new partner Emma Mackenzie was sentenced to 834 days in prison a "significantly shorter and more lenient sentence" than she could have expected if not for her two-year-old daughter. Six foot four, 22-stone Paul Dwyer was jailed for 14 years with an additional four on licence after being convicted of false imprisonment and wounding with intent at Liverpool Crown Court. The Grizedale was home to Gee brothers Darren and Daniel, who dominated the backstreets and alleyways on the north Liverpool estate. They included a pair of criminal brothers who ran international drugs operations, as well as mafia matriarchs who watched over their kids' criminal empires. Foy was busted through an extensive Merseyside Police operation targeting the supply of illicit substances across Sefton. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. Smuggling contraband is nothing new to Liverpool. However, detectives believe they recovered only a fraction of the drugs trafficked and some 200,000 ecstasy tablets alone were manufactured, many of them from a machine hidden in the cellar of a property in Clifton Road, Birkenhead. Older brother Michael - known for driving a white Rolls Royce through the streets of Toxteth - spent years locked up in a Turkish jail over his alleged role in an international smuggling plot. The feared criminals, whose gang had access to a cache of guns, samurai swords and machetes, were jailed for more than 26 years combined in November 2013. Over the next ten years 43 people would die in gun killings in Merseyside. His 14 year sentence was thought to have begun in Randers, Denmark, but in 2014 the Foreign Office confirmed he was moved back to the UK to finish his jail term. The name 'Wavo' is short for Wavertree, while '420' is drug culture slang which refers to cannabis related celebrations that take place on April 20. 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