Standing alongside his brothers and cousins in vicious street fights and feuds with rival gangs, they've been linked to multi-million pound armed robberies, extortion, unsolved gangland murders and protection rackets. The gang organised for Kerry Tams to drive Lynn and Haq to Bentinck Street to carry out a shooting. Caution: you are about to enter gangland Britain - The Independent (News) by "Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)"; Business Business, international News, opinion and commentary. I brought him through to fight Viv Graham. But more and more gangs are getting involved in currency counterfeiting, firearms smuggling and money laundering. It is this concern that has prompted the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) to compile a gangland register. Although predictions that Britain was going to face an American-style "invasion" by West Indian gangsters has proved unfounded, in recent years the police have reported an upsurge in violent Yardie drug wars. Also gun trafficking and protection rackets. John Brennan, detective sergeant of the South-East Regional Crime Squad and one of the country's leading experts on Yardies, says that the Jamaican gangs now control most of the supply of crack cocaine in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Nottingham, Leeds and Bristol. Wilson scored twice against Southampton to extend his tally to 15 goals in the Premier League this season. In 1991 in north London a Nigerian drugs courier had her face and breasts ironed by a drugs gang to obtain details of her shipment. And today we take a look at the life and crimes of some of Tyneside's criminal families. These are the Glasgow drug gangs, the Newcastle protection racketeers, the north London forgers, and the south London crack dealers. This is modern gangland Britain. Little direct involvement here, but some evidence of laundering money by buying up UK property. Tyneside gangster Stephen Sayers lifts the lid on the fight organised between Teesside hardman Duffy and his Newcastle rival Viv Graham, Get the latest news from Darlington direct to your inbox with our free email newsletter. In Scotland in the past six months rival drug factions fighting for their share of a business worth pounds 10m a year have carried out a number of killings and attacks in the Paisley area of Glasgow. The gang also had access to a frightening arsenal of firearms, supported by hundreds of rounds of ammunition. Mr Mitchell said the infiltration of the subscription EncroChat service is what brought the gang down. He was my friend. Duffy was the fighting man of Teesside and Viv Graham was the fighting man of Tyneside and I brought him through to fight him.. http://www.arrse.co.uk/arrse_wiki/index.php?title=Viv_Graham&oldid=38757. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. 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Newcastle United season ticket-holder Keith Shepherd, who has Usher Syndrome, does not want to keep having to rely on friends and family. Guest blog writer - Rob Armstrong - Highlights PR 30,859,600 articles and books. Eddie Lennie, Tony Sayers, Steve Wraith. Proving blood is thicker than water, brothers, fathers and mothers acted together in some of the cases. All three were jailed for six years and nine months for the attack. Mary Egan, jailed for her part in a shooting conspiracy (Image: Newcastle Chronicle) Egan, of Hawthorn Walk, Elswick, was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in jail after being convicted of . 1923-2014. And he has also been working on a book called Faces, which uses pictures to profile notorious villains up and down the country. Jul 06, 2007 #21. Nixon and Daniel Tait were both subscribers and contacted each other and other criminals to organise their illegal activities. "We want to be able to spot trends quickly," says Peter Richie, head of the Organised Crime Unit at NCIS's Strategic and Specialist Intelligence Branch. Those links made them a formidable force in the criminal underworld. Editors' Code of Practice. were jailed for three years for attacking doorman Stuart Watson. Wilson scored twice against Southampton to extend his tally to 15 goals in the Premier League this season. He was a criminals choice of people I suppose, you know, to be on their side. It charts the rise of two fictitious families in Newcastle and how the rave and drug culture in the 1980s changed from people having straighteners in the street to guns and murder and mayhem.. The family was given free entry to clubs . Newcastle gangster Stephen sayers tells his story - YouTube Newsquest Media Group Ltd, 1st Floor, Chartist Tower, Upper Dock Street, Newport, Wales, NP20 1DW Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. Callum Wilson tops Newcastle United fan ratings in Southampton victory. Friends, foes, fightersFaces. - Free Online Library Thompson later admitted that he had used that weapon in a drive-by shooting of the car and was jailed for six years last April. The ARRSEPedia is the British Army encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Det Chief Insp Paul Woods, from Northumbria Polices Priority and Organised Crime Team, said: "The Taits thought they were untouchable but thanks to the hard work and unrelenting efforts of our officers and staff, their illicit business has been dismantled and our communities already made safer.". In the early hours of August 7, 2019, they were informed a 19-year-old relative of Thompson had been admitted to hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg. FOR five decades the Abadom family have operated in Tyneside's murky underworld. How they make money: drug trafficking, prostitution, credit card fraud, protection, extortion, illegal gambling and immigration. Always smiling and carefree, he took every fight with a pinch of salt, oblivious to the danger that was never far away. A childhood friend of the Kray Twins, he was used as a go-between by the Richardson's until his murder by Ronnie Kray at The Blind Beggar pub in 1966. When my brother got arrested for robbing a security van the police said on television: We are now dealing with a new type of criminal on Tyneside, he said.