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. A recent investigation published in the ECHO charts the brothers' rise from Cantril Farm to the Costa Del Sol. 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. Receive newsletters with the latest news, sport and what's on updates from the Liverpool ECHO by signing up here. But the pair and their gang were brought crashing down to earth thanks to a 'supergrass' - police informer Ronnie Bateman. 2009 - Sentenced to 13 years in jail. He worked as a driver for the Fernhill Gang and was arrested on March 28 this year at a garage in Bedford Road, where armed police recovered an Austrian pistol and Castelli of Brescia 1913 Revolver. Emma Mackenzie's mum Mary McCabe, from Walton, was sentenced to eight years for her part in the conspiracy and for possessing a prohibited firearm. 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. The two men have escaped justice for decades which is why the ECHO cannot name them. He enlisted two cronies to help him carry out the vicious armed attack on Lee Siner at a city centre kebab house. 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. For nearly 30 years Liverpool gangsters have dominated the UK's illegal drug trafficking - creating and supplying the largest market in Europe. He fled to Spain where he lay low while his relatives were gradually rounded up by Merseyside police. He too was sprung from the prison van in Salford by an armed gang, but later caught after fleeing the country. Each left school without skills. London has . 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. Police want to question Parle in relation the murders of Walton mum Lucy Hargreaves and Toxteth teenager Liam Kelly. Members became infamous for robbing rival drug dealers' cannabis farms then selling the drugs themselves. 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. Enforcer who worked for Charlie and Eddie Richardson during the 1960s. In the 90s Liverpool doormen were hand picked from gyms and boxing clubs, unlike today. These cold bloodied assassinations resulted from criminals sorting out their differences. Joseph and Gregory Mulhare lived the high life, flying to Ibiza, Tenerife, France and America, thanks to massive drug plots. By the mid 80's, Liverpool's drugs squad was trying to clean up what had become known as 'Smack City'. "He was quite a unique character was Tommy because he was a larger than life character. He's credited by police with being Liverpool's first drugs baron. It seems to me they have no stake in society excepting their membership of the gang. In the end, they all fell foul of the law. 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. The jet-setting brothers were arrested by armed police in Thailand for leading a huge cocaine and ecstasy ring based in Wirral. In January 1884, the body of a Spanish sailor was found in the city, brutally beaten and stabbed in a way that was terrifyingly reminiscent of the murders carried out by a gang that had been operating in the area a decade earlier. Darren Gee was handed 18 years behind bars in 2006 for planning the revenge shooting murder of dad-of-five David Regan. Amsterdam was one of the central strands in a spider's web of supply chains which stretch from Liverpool to Bogata to Kabul. None of his intended targets were hit, but Rhys was killed while returning home from football practice. Big profits lead to larger consignments and the ability to fund other crimes. Their minds are spent towards feuding and prosecuting vendettas against former associates. The Story Of Sam Walker Is One That Will Never Be Forgotten In The UK Criminal Underworld From Surviving On The Tough Streets Of Liverpool, Mixing With Some Of The Most Dangerous Criminals In The UK And Spending Years Of His Life In Jail Most Thought It Was The End Of The Road For Mr Walker However, Throughout His Trials And Tribulations, Mr Walker Has Somehow Always Been Able To Find Time To Help Those Who Are Less Fortunate Than Himself (Even If At Times This Means Putting His Own Freedom At Risk To Help Others) From Liverpool To Africa, Men Women And Children, Those In High Positions Of Power To People With Nothing All Know The Name, Sam WalkerStreet Crime UK Asks You To Join Us As We Take A Look Into Real UK Crimes And UK Criminal History With In-Depth UK Crime Documentaries Our Mission Is To Help The Younger Generation Learn From The Mistakes Made In The Past And To Hopefully Show That No Matter How Bad Your Situation Or Circumstances There Is Always A Way To Change And Do Good We Are Dedicated To Pushing The Boundaries When Bringing New Media And Content To Our Audience.Stay Connected Via Our Website, YouTube channel, and Facebook. 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. For nearly 30 years Liverpool gangsters have dominated the UK's illegal drug trafficking - creating and supplying the largest market in Europe. 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. Darren recently told the ECHO he realised he 'wasted his life' and bitterly regrets the decisions he made when he was involved in serious crime. Anthony Whitney fled Liverpool after police raided a safe house in City Road, home of co-conspirator Thomas Dowd. 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 the US Drug Enforcement Administration as Mexico's most dangerous trafficking organisation. Cultivated cannabis was found together with hydraulic presses and other equipment for the production of Class A drugs. 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. Tommy made his money from bank robbery - and one detective who knew him well is Albert Kirby. He was jailed for six years and eight months, with an extended four years on licence. Three more members of a Merseyside drugs gang with an unusual name were jailed today over a 300,000 heroin and cocaine enterprise. "I should have had a big house, big mansion - at least a couple of cars but no I've given it all to the drug dealer. Police set up a community task force based at Walton Lane police station to try and target the Darren and Daniel's crime group. That spree of violence even saw a hand grenade accidentally left outside the Southport home of Liverpool FC legend Kenny Dalglish as Bradley and his partners in crime conducted a campaign of intimidation against a Merseyside businessman. 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. 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But that has not stopped some of their names from hitting the headlines over the past year. "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. Their crimes not only landed them behind bars, but also impacted law-abiding members of their own families who were not associated with their illegal activities in any way. He is listed in the Sunday Times as a property developer with a fortune estimated at 85 million. Like Bradley, has jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 22 years. He had his own drivers and issued instructions, with phone records revealing significant contact between him and drug dealers. But the ECHO understands the pair are now out of prison following stints in foreign jails. It's a terrifying tale of murder, torture, money, and fear. He was later handed an extra 10 months in jail for perverting the course of justice. Gang leader James Lunt backed up his exploits with an arsenal of weapons that included a Beretta handgun responsible for 17 shootings on Merseyside alone. 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. 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. In 2013, seven Croxteth Crew members were jailed for a total of 113 years for carrying out a terror campaign of punishment shootings and fire bombings. 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. His fear is that the 'lost generation' of today are about to become tomorrow's gangsters and the cycle of crime is about to turn again. Mayor, then 37, went to extraordinary lengths to avoid arrest, even hurling 2kg of heroin out of his Mercedes car window while being chased by police. The 18-year-old was snared after being caught on camera selling drugs to an undercover officer posing as an addict. It will feature reports from Liverpool Crown Court and crime cases connected to Merseyside. Gang member Jake Glenholmes was jailed four years and eight month, after police discovered a 32,000 cannabis farm when they raided his home in Chirkdale Street, Kirkdale. The 'Strand Gang', also known as the 'Nogga Dogs', hailed from the Norris Green area of Liverpool. 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. None of them has ever done a days honest work in their lives or aspired to do so. Inside Out charts the history of gangland violence on Merseyside in a special investigation. Detectives were astounded when they listened back to the tape of Jason and Ian rowing over who was the more adept criminal. A bug, which was planted by SOCA in their family home on Edale Road, recorded the brothers bickering in front of their mum about who was the better drug dealer. His life of crime in Liverpool stretched over half a century. My nephew Anthony Decan was shot in the head with a 9 mm pistol - survived - but lost the use of his left eye. Very very seldom was there guns. And the Dutch police have the Liverpool gangs as one of their top targets. Also thought to be in Belmarsh, he actually turned on his former partner in crime and slashed him in a prison attack . He was jailed for three years in 2013 for possessing a knife and threatening a business associate with an imitation firearm. both believed to have been released from jail, where he was convicted and sentenced to 13 years in jail, Revealed: Curtis Warren and the major league crooks hit with empire-crippling crime orders, Stephen French writes letter to The ECHO after being acquitted of rape, has evaded capture for more than a decade, Who is Kevin Parle? Daniel 'Danny' Gee was jailed indefinitely in 2010 for conspiring to buy guns and threatening to kill teenager Jamie Starkey. 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. Over the next ten years 43 people would die in gun killings in Merseyside. Smuggling contraband is nothing new to Liverpool. In 2018, Glenholmes' younger brother Jamie was jailed after breaking into a Fazakerley home and slashing a dad in the face. As different immigrant communities arrived in Liverpool, drugs came in with them. He says it all began with the mass immigration of destitute Irish into Liverpool during the potato famine. Family member Lisa Whitney and gang associate Gary Edwards were each given four years while co-conspirator Michael Waters was sentences to five years and four months. He's the former head of Merseyside Serious Crime Squad but back in the mid 60's he was a young detective and remembers one of Commerford's audacious jobs. July 2007 - Arrested in Jersey for conspiring to import 1 million of cannabis. In 2017 the ECHO revealed that gang, called the Kirkstone Riot Squad, was exerting a malign influence on the streets of Litherland. 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. liverpool gangsters list liverpool gangsters list. Ex-martial arts champion Stephen French, whose biography, The Devil, chronicles his past activities in Liverpool, has convictions going back to 1972. If the papers are to believed, they were an organised and ruthless gang . The High Rip Gang stalked the streets of Liverpool in the 1880s. Liverpool gangster James "Pancake" Taylor masterminded an "underworld" revenge attack on an amateur boxer who knocked him out in a prison brawl. 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. Ryan Lloyd, 19, Thomas Forshaw, 18 and Sean Farrell, who was just 16-year-old, were convicted of Smith's murder and jailed. One drug dealing associate of the yobbish gang was jailed in 2017 after pushing heroin and crack cocaine on the streets of Litherland. Notorious Daniel Gee feared he will never see the light of day again after being jailed indefinitely. We Hope You Enjoy It! Crime and violence. 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. Why we're doing this story - We have a mix of stories, many of them hugely positive about the city. Tom Driessen is Director of the Dutch National Crime Squad and says it's not an easy task: "The profile of those criminals from Liverpool is that they learned not only to do illegal activities but they learned to survive, and violence is part of their life from their youth "We can't name names. 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. Guns were taken just as a frightener, not to kill anybody, not to shoot anybody.". Liverpool academic and author of "The Gangs of Liverpool", Mick Macilwee, has been studying the gangs who terrorised the streets of the Victorian city. He was an old school armed robber - a safe blower and a wages snatcher. They dealt drugs on the south coast but the operation was led from Merseyside, and they thought their Manchester inspired name would throw officers off their scent. On one occasion, a young mum in the family even stooped so low as to stash cocaine in her baby's nappy bag to hide the drugs from cops. Many of these names are associated with gangland shootings, drug dealing or high profile trials where gang members were hauled before the courts. Liverpool gangster James "Pancake" Taylor masterminded an underworld revenge attack on an amateur boxer who knocked him out in a prison brawl. Does it really have so many gangs as people say? 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. Some of Merseysides most notorious figures are well into lengthy sentences at Her Majestys Pleasure. Gregory Mulhare, then 40, another dad with two young children, also had a "leading role" - beneath Joseph - but was more 'hands on'. Across the Universe) . This notorious family gang came from the Anfield area - but their ill-gotten gains bought them plush pads in some of the city's most sought-after post codes. Despite their genial manner the men were prepared to send gun and grenade toting thugs to the front door of anyone who compromised their interests. Back in back April 2020, we revisited some of the most feared crime families to have terrorised Merseyside. These are some of the gangland names to have emerged from Liverpool's criminal underworld over the years, and where they originate from. One of the city's other prominent gangsters, 'Juicebomb' John Burton, tells the documentary . Years of neglect and racial harassment led to nine days of violence and riots in Toxteth. In May 2020, Fernhill gang member Jack Quinton, 26, was jailed over a weapons arsenal including an Italian revolver and a semi-automatic Glock with a silencer. Today Stephen says he's left all that behind - and is now a legitimate businessman and anti gun campaigner who's recalled his life in a book. 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. 1960s - 1966. Some of our region's most notorious criminal cases have involved families who flooded the streets with drugs and ruled their neighbourhoods through violence and intimidation. The Whitneys had been in Merseyside Police's sights for years - with Operation Malton launched in 2008 to try and take them down. We do not seek to glamorise crime or criminals, rather to shine a spotlight on what is happening in our city. if you want to ask us any more questions about what the Liverpool Echo does, please email neil.macdonald01@reachplc.com. 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. 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. 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. Many of them remain behind bars, while others have been released following lengthy prison sentences for their crimes. Unlike household names such as Stephen French, John Haase and Curtis Warren, the brothers had little notoriety. In the mid-2000s, Everton's Grizedale estate was turned into an open-air drugs market by violent criminals. 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. A sixth boy, who always said he was not at the scene of the murder, was found not guilty and released from the dock. Paul Whitney was the ringleader, who headed up the criminal operation with help from his mother Carol Whitney who hoarded the gangs money and was dubbed "the banker". Commerford had been running his international empire from his council flat in Liverpool - while claiming the dole. 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. The drugs would have made around 7m when sold on the streets of Liverpool. 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. We track down some of the players involved in Liverpool's gangland over the last three decades. 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. An ECHO article published in April - which investigated the gang in more detail - said they are still in custody awaiting trial. The underworld has become the overworld. In 2016, Merseyside Police officers broke down doors at 13 properties in Kirkdale, Walton, Fazakerley and Aintree as part of an investigation into the gang. The gang - which tried to mislead police by calling themselves . Over 30 years he's defended in 70 murder cases - many involving gangsters. In this case drug dealing was not used as an end in itself but funding the gangs principal activity of feuding.. The heat was too much for some criminals who fled to Holland to build up their drugs empire in Amsterdam. You are in: Inside Out > North West > Gangster town. "I wasn't a drug dealer, I didn't sell drugs," he says. Having spent more than a year at large, they voluntarily chose to return to the UK rather than remain in a squalid Thai prison. liverpool gangsters list. Sept. 28, 2016. Notorious Toxteth drugs barons Michael and Delroy Showers are both believed to have been released from jail . 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. They say that there's little else for kids to do but hang out together. Also known as the Crocky Crew or the Croxteth Young Guns. Today, after a. Rather than get his hands dirty, he directed others to produce, store, collect and distribute drugs to gangs across England and Scotland. Jason, then 40, and Ian, then 39, were jailed for a total of more than 30 years . 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. 1928-1966. Today drugs are still very much part of Liverpool's crime scene. Even more feared was the High Rip Gang. Jason and Ian Fitzgibbon were both jailed in 2013 after it emerged they were plotting to flood the UK with Turkish heroin. One of the first British mobsters to establish an international drug trafficking network in Great Britain. From the Deli Mob to Wavo 420 we took a look at where these gangland names originate from, Get the latest crime reports and stories from Liverpool Echo straight to your inbox. 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. So the net to snare them began by taking out the levels below, stripping each rung before eventually reaching the top. Find your nearest vaccination centre by entering your postcode below. When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. The brothers have each spent much of the past decade behind bars after being accused of separate high-profile international drugs plots. We will not though, ignore crime as it impacts on many lives. 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. which recorded the brothers talking about crime and drugs. His older brother, Michael, is also understood to be a free man. Liverpool gangster Darren Gee has turned on mob boss Daniel Kinahan and called him out on social media - describing him as an 'evil piece of poison.' Gee, who was jailed for 18 years for his. Once one of Liverpools most wanted, Bradley was captured in Amsterdam after an audacious escape from a prison van bound for Liverpool Crown Court. With the drugs has come guns for protection - and enforcement. A licensing hearing at Sefton Magistrates Court heard members of the gang had been causing trouble in a trendy bar on South Road in Waterloo. Some of our region's most notorious criminal cases. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. They ran a 24-hour business flooding the streets of Liverpool with heroin and crack cocaine, which saw 13 members of the Whitney drug gang jailed. Three more members of a Merseyside drugs gang with an unusual name were jailed today over a 300,000 heroin and cocaine enterprise. 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