Cousins Andrew Hewitt, 15 and Corey Hewitt, 14 but who was 13 at the time, and Joseph McGill, 14, also 13 at the time, were found guilty of murder by majority verdicts of ten to two. They are largely family-run organised criminal gangs involved in many illegal activities in their respective areas. Reese OShaughnessy, 19; Keyfer Dykstra, 14; Andrew Hewitt, 15; Corey Hewitt; 14; and Joseph McGill, 14. Showers always denied the allegations and wrote of the squalid conditions of the Istanbul prison and his lack of faith in the Turkish justice system. ", 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". His older brother, Michael, is also understood to be a free man. 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. Photograph Geoff Davies, Police mugshot of Daniel Gee - he was jailed in 2010, Peter Clarke, left and brother Stephen Clarke. The worst thing I ever got involved in was heroin. Once one of Liverpools most wanted, Bradley was captured in Amsterdam after an audacious escape from a prison van bound for Liverpool Crown Court. Liverpool 8 was known then as a ghetto - and the life of the area's mainly black population of 20,000 centered around Granby Street. In 2011, the Whitney family and their associates were hauled in front of the courts and sentenced to a total of 82 years behind bars. Liverpool gangster James "Pancake" Taylor masterminded an underworld revenge attack on an amateur boxer who knocked him out in a prison brawl. 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. Their minds are spent towards feuding and prosecuting vendettas against former associates. He has appealed both sentences, including the cannabis plot one, after police unlawfully bugged a hire car central to the case and listened in on conversations that took place inside it. We track down some of the players . He was known as 'The Taxman' - a gangster who used to rob drug dealers - a highly dangerous enterprise in an extremely violent world. Although not strictly part of a named gang, Curtis Warren is one of Liverpool's most notorious drug barons. 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. Against 5 victim based classes of offences, robbery, burglary, damage to property, violent crimes and sex crimes, Liverpool is the safest of the major northern cities with around 25% less crimes per capita than Leeds or Manchester and 13% less crimes than Newcastle. They say that there's little else for kids to do but hang out together. The Shiels brothers progressed through the Fernhill ranks over time. The 13 gang members who were ultimately jailed for the Whitney drugs ring consisted of family members, their partners and extended family as well as a string of "associates" and big players who werent related to them. Darren Gee was handed 18 years behind bars in 2006 for planning the revenge shooting murder of dad-of-five David Regan. Liverpool academic and author of "The Gangs of Liverpool", Mick Macilwee, has been studying the gangs who terrorised the streets of the Victorian city. In retaliation Darren Gee organised the cold blooded murder of David Regan, who owned a car wash in Old Swan. if you want to ask us any more questions about what the Liverpool Echo does, please email neil.macdonald01@reachplc.com. Tony Fat Tony Downes was Bradleys criminal associate. 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 French says that action is need now: "There's seven and eight year olds at home now - that are going to hit the streets in 10 years time. You can email Joe via joe.thomas@reachplc.com, Thanks for reading. Warren and several associates were arrested, with police finding three guns, ammunition; hand grenades, crates with 960 CS gas canisters, 400 kilograms (880 lb) of cocaine, 1,500 kilograms (3,300 lb) of cannabis resin, 60 kilograms (130 lb) of heroin, 50 kilograms (110 lb) of ecstasy, and 400,000 Dutch guilder plus 600,000 US Dollars in cash. When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. 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. Big profits lead to larger consignments and the ability to fund other crimes. Two brothers built Liverpool's most powerful drug gang - close to being seen as a bona fide cartel to rival Europe's significant criminal factions from Ireland, Russia and North Africa. The gang was named after the area of Speke where they operated and made life hell for law abiding residents who had to put up with their behaviour. Kevin Roberts, Robert Lee, Connor McKevitt, Terrence Nixon and Stephen Fletcher were the Shiels trusted lieutenants. These are some of the city's most prolific crime families, many of whom lived lavish lifestyles off the back of their ill gotten gains. He used his money to move into the drugs world dealing with bigger and larger quantities of drugs, and ended up doing substantial terms of imprisonment for it. All the Liverpool Echo newsletters you could be reading, The Liverpool Echo has a free app and here's how to download it, Darren Gee organised the cold blooded murder of David Regan, brutally robbing an OAP while high on cocaine. Class A narcotics had spread to the housing estates, and they were also infiltrating the nightclubs and discos where doormen controlled which dealers were allowed in. Anthony McCormack, Brian McLlelland, Gary Wells and Neil Smith were the drivers, ferrying gang members and drugs around the area. These are some of the gangland names to have emerged from Liverpool's criminal underworld over the years, and where they originate from. Notorious Daniel Gee feared he will never see the light of day again after being jailed indefinitely. The National Crime Agency has estimated that 90bn of criminal money is being laundered through the UK every year, 4% of the country's GDP. The 59-year-old is set to be released from prison in November, and according to reports in The Times, could be subject to a serious crime prevention order, which would ban him from his home city altogether. Many of these names are associated with gangland shootings, drug dealing or high profile trials where gang members were hauled before the courts. Another gangster was once executed in Charlie's kitchen - shot to death at point blank range. Unlike household names such as Stephen French, John Haase and Curtis Warren, the brothers had little notoriety. 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. Last year the police arrested a number of suspects in the Kirkstone Road area in relation to a serious crime. Jake Glenholmes, 27, of Dunluce Street, Walton, James Lunt, 29, of Celendine Close, Wavertree, Sean Mercer pictured in secret filming, shown on Channel 5 show - The clues that caught the killer. The crooks used vehicles featuring specially constructed 'hides' to conceal drugs and cash, so a casual observer wouldn't spot any illicit cargo. But the ECHO understands the pair are now out of prison following stints in foreign jails. If you've no purpose you're living a meaningless existence - if you're leading a meaningless existence there's only one thing that will fill that void and it usually involves violence. From smuggling drugs across international borders to ruling the city's streets with violence and intimidation, their crimes shocked Merseyside. Quinton, of Garden View, Caspian Place, Bootle, has 22 convictions for 35 offences, dating back to 2005, when he was just 11 years old. The dialogue with Smith's killers has already started, police believe. The brothers have each spent much of the past decade behind bars after being accused of separate high-profile international drugs plots. For several decades Liverpool gangsters have made huge fortunes from crime - some have been jailed, others were killed, and a few have become reformed characters. 1990s - 2003. During a trial over the 2009 murder of Tony Bromley, Liverpool Crown Court heard the men were 'kingpins' in the area, who led a violent gang that controlled the streets of Grizedale. When Merseyside detectives arrested him he was about to do a deal with South American drug cartels. Graham "The Munster" Kinniburgh Tony Mokbel Jason Moran Lewis Moran Mark Moran Nikolai Radev Squizzy Taylor Andrew "Benji" Veniman Carl Williams Sydney [ edit] George Freeman Michael Kanaan Lenny McPherson Abraham Saffro Ivan bonnano/Craig McLaughlin Canada [ edit] Blairmore [ edit] Florence Lassandro (1900-1923) The drug gang is claimed to have easy access to guns and has been linked to serious crime across south Sefton. 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. The older generation of gang members competed with the rival Deli Mob from Kirkdale and spent their weekends drinking in the old Aintree pub, on the corner of Fernhill Road. Back in 2014, in a letter penned to his solicitors, he vowed to prove his innocence and launch an appeal against a 15 year jail sentence. 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. The gang war between the two feuding sides hit national headlines in 2007 following the senseless murder of innocent schoolboy Rhys Jones, who was unintentionally caught in the crossfire. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. And there were gangsters in the background. @StreetCrimeUK @streetcrimeusa @streetcrimeaustralia Join This Channel And Help Support Our Causehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwONzANTGhD9I4WCRTChMMg/joinStay Connected Via Our Website, YouTube channel, and Facebook. For nearly 30 years Liverpool gangsters have dominated the UK's illegal drug trafficking - creating and supplying the largest market in Europe. Liverpool Gangster: Stephen "The Devil" French | True Crime Podcast 113 Shaun Attwood 242K views 2 years ago 6 Million Bank Robber Part 1: Ian 'Blink' MacDonald | True Crime Podcast 7 Shaun. He was jailed for three years in 2013 for possessing a knife and threatening a business associate with an imitation firearm. In this case drug dealing was not used as an end in itself but funding the gangs principal activity of feuding.. These days if police catch you with a gun it's an automatic five years anyway just for the gun. An ECHO report from the time said the small time drug dealers made a habit of feuding with former associates and members of rival gangs, which led to violent tit-for-tat attacks. It's something I've looked back at in disgust at some of the things that I did.". One drug dealing associate of the yobbish gang was jailed in 2017 after pushing heroin and crack cocaine on the streets of Litherland. London has . Jason, then 40, and Ian, then 39, were jailed for a total of more than 30 years . 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. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. The Scottie Road Crew were named after their Scotland Road territory and became locked in a petty dispute with the Langrove Street based "Langy Crew.". 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. Top 10 Liverpool Gangsters in 2022 February 17, 2022 49 49 You must have come across several gangster stories since you were little. A bug was planted in their mum's south Liverpool home, which recorded the brothers talking about crime and drugs. It is thought Showers, who had been jailed in Scandinavia over drugs offences before his sentencing in 2009, was released on licence from a jail in Yorkshire last year. ECHO profiles most-wanted fugitive after Australia 'sighting'. It was a fast, frivolous time and the money was spent fast and frivolously.". Yes, that's true. Some of Merseysides most notorious figures are well into lengthy sentences at Her Majestys Pleasure. One of the first British mobsters to establish an international drug trafficking network in Great Britain. 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Taylor was finally brought to justice at Liverpool Crown Court, where he was locked up for nine years and five months . while Man United splashed out the most on their stars' salaries in the 2021-22 . The list includes a wide array of films and TV shows, ranging from those that were almost entirely shot and set in the city (e.g. Peter Clarke, a former weapons instructor in the Kings Regiment, admitted organising the cocaine conspiracy, while Stephen Clarke admitted managing a network of cannabis farms. The ECHO looks at some of the region's highest profile crooks to see where they are now, Get the latest crime reports and stories from Liverpool Echo straight to your inbox. Police set up a community task force based at Walton Lane police station to try and target the Darren and Daniel's crime group. The 'Strand Gang', also known as the 'Nogga Dogs', hailed from the Norris Green area of Liverpool. And if you actually have bullets, it's an extra year for every bullet.". Liverpool was badly hit - a problem exacerbated further by the increasing popularity of smokable heroin. My nephew Anthony Decan was shot in the head with a 9 mm pistol - survived - but lost the use of his left eye. Prosecutors launched Proceeds Of Crime Applications against the men - together with their respective wives Maria and Rachel - at Preston Crown Court. Girls and young women play a part but gangs tend to be male-dominated and fuelled in part by a "masculinity crisis" among these young men. One of the last remaining members of the Whitney drugs gang was extradited from Spain in 2011. Notorious Toxteth drugs barons Michael and Delroy Showers each spent much of the past decade behind bars after being accused of separate high-profile international drugs plots. "This was like a seven mile treasure trove of goods to pilfer for poor people," says Macilwee. For example the Chinese opium trade was centered around the docks, and later on - in the 1940's after the war - cannabis was starting to come in with Jamaican seamen. Why we're doing this story - We have a mix of stories, many of them hugely positive about the city. He had his own drivers and issued instructions, with phone records revealing significant contact between him and drug dealers. The Laneheads were a gang of teenage yobs who wreaked havoc in and around Anfield's Townsend Lane - a location which also provided their name. Robbery was also the trademark of one of Charlie's contemporaries - Tommy Commerford, known to his mates as 'Tacker'. The name Deli Mob relates to the area of Kirkdale where some members of the gang, centring on Delamore Street. Gangster town. So the net to snare them began by taking out the levels below, stripping each rung before eventually reaching the top. The Strand Gangs rival crime firm was the Croxteth Crew, a gang which operated in nearby Croxteth. They built criminal empires which left a trail of misery and violence. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Showers, now in his 70s, always denied the allegations. The Huyton gangster, thought to be in high security prison Belmarsh, is currently serving a life sentence after orchestrating a wave of shootings and grenade attacks across Merseyside. To join and get updates, click here and you can also follow Neil's Facebook page here. His life of crime in Liverpool stretched over half a century. Watch podcast 3 with Darren Gee here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K757EryVMOcWatch podcast 2 with Darren Gee here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMdKNi. Twenty one men were locked up for a total of 189 years in December 2018 in connection with police seizures yielding around 66,000 of cocaine, 208,000 of MDMA, 336,000 of amphetamine, 420,000 of cannabis and 80,000 in cash. The citizens of 1880s Liverpool lived in fear of gangs of organised robbers - real or imagined. Messages revealed that organised crime gangs in Liverpool "dominate" the UK's guns and . A newspaper report in The New York Times of May 1890 talks of suspected smuggling by the stewards and petty officers of the various steamers which ran between Liverpool and New York. 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. He was jailed for six years and eight months, with an extended four years on licence. Photos Quinton previously kept on his mobile phone, which were published by the ECHO after his sentencing, showed his fascination with guns, dating back to his youth. The pair were jailed in December 2019 for a total of 28 years at Liverpool Crown Court over plots said to have been worth "millions of pounds". Britain's gang busters - SOCA, the Serious and Organised Crime Agency, still believe the immense scale of drug trafficking is posing the biggest single threat to the UK. Jurors who had listened to the trial, which lasted more than two months, found ringleader Reese OShaughnessy, 19 and Keyfer Dykstra, 14, guilty by a unanimous decision after more than 17 hours of deliberation. Peter Clarke, a former weapons instructor in the Kings Regiment, admitted organising the cocaine conspiracy, while Stephen Clarke admitted managing a network of cannabis farms. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. One of the most famous 1960's criminals was a boy who grew up in Huyton - and became a man with a nickname - 'Killer'. While visiting his friend he had a bitter dispute with convict Ryan Lloyd, who was a central figure of rival gang the Croxteth Crew. Some of the guns were buried in woodland in the Speke area. But in saying that it only led me to a life of desperation, despair and no hope "Money was made, money was spent. Jason and Ian Fitzgibbon were both jailed in 2013 after it emerged they were plotting to flood the UK with Turkish heroin. When the two brothers fell out with a rival crime group gang it resulted in a spate of shootings. The family raked in profits, targeting the citys desperate addicts in what Merseyside Police described as a drugs cash-and-carry business. The gang's arsenal of weapons included a St Etienne revolver, Tikka hunting rifle, Smith & Wesson revolver, Baikal shotgun, Browning shotgun and a Smith and Wesson revolver. It will feature reports from Liverpool Crown Court and crime cases connected to Merseyside. Residents were intimidated, rivals were threatened with guns and local police officers were mocked and teased in the street. For nearly 30 years Liverpool gangsters have dominated the UK's illegal drug trafficking - creating and supplying the largest market in Europe. Website - https://streetcrimeuk.com/Facebook - https:https://www.facebook.com/groups/382950779637126Merch://https://teespring.com/stores/street-crime-ukInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/street_crime_uk/ "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. These Liverpool criminals kept their illegal exploits in the family and built underworld empires that made their names feared across the city. If the papers are to believed, they were an organised and ruthless gang . The drug dealer was put behind bars for the publics protection after a secret probe caught him conspiring to buy guns and threatening to kill a teenager. Join more than 56,000 other people who are members of our Liverpool court cases and crime stories Facebook group and you'll get access to all the latest stories from court reporter Neil Docking. Now he helps kids and prisoners - counselling them about the horrific nature of crack and smack: "I dealt drugs, I dealt death - there's no two ways about it. Leading gang member Sean Mercer was 16 years old when he shot Rhys in the car park of the Fir Tree Pub. Their names only have currency within the upper tiers of the drugs economy. [8] George Cornell. 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. Their mum Christine, who admitted laundering 180,000 drug cash found hidden beneath floorboards in her Mossley Hill home, was jailed for two years. Also known as the Crocky Crew or the Croxteth Young Guns. Sean McHugh, 19, was chased into the launderette, on Priory Road, by a gang on September 30, 2013, where he was fatally stabbed with a sword stick and died a few days later. By the mid 80's, Liverpool's drugs squad was trying to clean up what had become known as 'Smack City'. Jamie Glenholmes led a masked gang armed with blades and a baseball bat as they stormed the property of drug dealer David Higgins. Crime and violence. Moore and his gang had gone looking for revenge after a fight between their associates and rivals earlier that day. Gangs Of Britain: Liverpool (Gang Culture Documentary) | Real Stories Real Stories 5.92M subscribers Subscribe 2M views 6 years ago A historical look at Britain's most notorious gangs; this. Here are 8 of England's most notorious gangs. It's not the first time a Liverpool gang has adopted a name which ends up being read out in court when their criminal exploits finally catch up with them. Both brothers were named as part of the gang when hit with ASBOs as teenagers in 2011. During the trial Nicholas Johnson, QC, prosecuting, said the boys referred to themselves as the Laneheads, after the gangs territory around the Townsend Lane area of Anfield, whereas as Sean McHugh and his friend Josh Williams, who was also chased but got away were called Village Rats, because they came from Walton Village. Kyle was an enforcer, just one tier below the leadership. Over the next ten years 43 people would die in gun killings in Merseyside. In October 2019, Jake Burrows was jailed for 25 years and six months, while Callum Burrows was jailed for 20 years. 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. shipments of cocaine and cannabis from Merseyside to Northern Ireland. The Grizedale was home to Gee brothers Darren and Daniel, who dominated the backstreets and alleyways on the north Liverpool estate. 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. Inside abandoned Paradox Nightclub before it was demolished - pictures of iconic club's clock tower In the mid 1990s a new company called Premier Security became a growing force in Liverpool's security industry. Amsterdam was one of the central strands in a spider's web of supply chains which stretch from Liverpool to Bogata to Kabul. "Because these young men, these young children they have fathers that are murderers, uncles that have been killed, cousins who are doing life and they are becoming desensitised to human feeling. While the 29-year-old was not accused of pulling the trigger of any of those weapons, in October 2019 he was locked up for leading a drug and guns conspiracy that included an attack that saw the Beretta fired 11 times at a man in a Wavertree street. 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