One of the city's other prominent gangsters, 'Juicebomb' John Burton, tells the documentary . June 2007 - Released from prison. The then 36-year-old told Liverpool Crown Court he went off the rails after his brother Billy Gee, 38, was tragically found hanged in 2016. Darren Gee was handed 18 years behind bars in 2006 for planning the revenge shooting murder of dad-of-five David Regan. Many of these names are associated with gangland shootings, drug dealing or high profile trials where gang members were hauled before the courts. "When you think of the crime in them days no old woman got hurt and no old man got mugged or nothing we just wanted money and we got money," says Charlie. Messages revealed that organised crime gangs in Liverpool "dominate" the UK's guns and . One of Merseysides most wanted, Kevin Parle has evaded capture for more than a decade . 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. The crooks used vehicles featuring specially constructed 'hides' to conceal drugs and cash, so a casual observer wouldn't spot any illicit cargo. Moore and his gang had gone looking for revenge after a fight between their associates and rivals earlier that day. Why we're doing this story - We have a mix of stories, many of them hugely positive about the city. 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". And the Dutch police have the Liverpool gangs as one of their top targets. The drugs network Foy was part of was locked up after being hit in a series of police raids at addresses across Southport, Formby, Birkdale, Litherland, Bootle and Seaforth. It was a fast, frivolous time and the money was spent fast and frivolously.". James Shiels and his brother Kyle ran the Fernhill - Kyle was the gangs number one, and saw himself as untouchable. 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. 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. 1999 - Curtis Warren kills an inmate during a fight and is charged with manslaughter. 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. When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. Taylor was finally brought to justice at Liverpool Crown Court, where he was locked up for nine years and five months . The brothers have each spent much of the past decade behind bars after being accused of separate high-profile international drugs plots. As different immigrant communities arrived in Liverpool, drugs came in with them. 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. He was jailed for six years and eight months, with an extended four years on licence. The Kirkstone Riot Squad is a feared Litherland gang named after the Kirkstone Road North area which has been a flashpoint for crime and disorder over recent years. Daniel 'Danny' Gee was jailed indefinitely in 2010 for conspiring to buy guns and threatening to kill teenager Jamie Starkey. These are some of the gangland names to have emerged from Liverpool's criminal underworld over the years, and where they originate from. 1. 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. He's credited by police with being Liverpool's first drugs baron. Infamous crime lord Delroy Showers was jailed in 2009 over a plot to smuggle just over 1m worth of amphetamines into Denmark from the Netherlands. In this case drug dealing was not used as an end in itself but funding the gangs principal activity of feuding.. 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. 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. Jamie Glenholmes led a masked gang armed with blades and a baseball bat as they stormed the property of drug dealer David Higgins. Photograph Geoff Davies, Police mugshot of Daniel Gee - he was jailed in 2010, Peter Clarke, left and brother Stephen Clarke. Roberts looked after the guns, while the rest of the lieutenants carried out thousands of drug deals. 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. 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. Liverpool gangster James "Pancake" Taylor masterminded an "underworld" revenge attack on an amateur boxer who knocked him out in a prison brawl. In the 90s Liverpool doormen were hand picked from gyms and boxing clubs, unlike today. Receive newsletters with the latest news, sport and what's on updates from the Liverpool ECHO by signing up here. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Having spent more than a year at large, they voluntarily chose to return to the UK rather than remain in a squalid Thai prison. Showers was jailed for 20 years in 1991 after plotting to flood the UK with 2m of high-grade heroin. 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. We Hope You Enjoy It! The 18-year-old was snared after being caught on camera selling drugs to an undercover officer posing as an addict. The Grizedale was home to Gee brothers Darren and Daniel, who dominated the backstreets and alleyways on the north Liverpool estate. Over the next ten years 43 people would die in gun killings in Merseyside. Back in back April 2020, we revisited some of the most feared crime families to have terrorised Merseyside. The 'Strand Gang', also known as the 'Nogga Dogs', hailed from the Norris Green area of Liverpool. Then in 1980 things changed forever. His life of crime in Liverpool stretched over half a century. The citizens of 1880s Liverpool lived in fear of gangs of organised robbers - real or imagined. 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. 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. Jason and Ian Fitzgibbon were both jailed in 2013 after it emerged they were plotting to flood the UK with Turkish heroin. 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. 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. Enforcer who worked for Charlie and Eddie Richardson during the 1960s. 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. 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Stephen French is now an anti-gun campaigner: "Firearms terrify me because firearms in the hands of wrong people end lives, destroy lives, end communities. You can also sign up to our court newsletter here and get a twice weekly roundup of court cases sent your email inbox for free. 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. He fled to Spain where he lay low while his relatives were gradually rounded up by Merseyside police. 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. 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/ That sentence, handed to him 2010, was to be served alongside a seven-and-a-half year drugs sentence. When Smith left Altcourse prison he was ambushed by about 20 members of the Croxteth Crew - who had hidden in bushes. In the same year criminal associates of the brothers let off a wave of massive car bombs outside nightclubs, family homes and police stations. 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. On August 22, the day 11-year-old Rhys was shot and killed, Croxteth Crew gang member Sean Mercer was told three Nogga Dogs had been spotted on their territory. Both brothers were named as part of the gang when hit with ASBOs as teenagers in 2011. With the drugs has come guns for protection - and enforcement. 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. Three more members of a Merseyside drugs gang with an unusual name were jailed today over a 300,000 heroin and cocaine enterprise. I always sought cash, always looked for cash. One of the last remaining members of the Whitney drugs gang was extradited from Spain in 2011. 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. 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. These days if police catch you with a gun it's an automatic five years anyway just for the gun. But he was very successful in his own way.". 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. Foy, of Chelsea Road in Litherland, joined them behind bars when Judge Robert Trevor-Jones sentenced him to 37 months. In May 2017 Spanish police launched a raid on the brothers' compound in the Costa Del Sol - the footage was like a scene from Netflix series Narcos, as heavily armed men stormed a villa while a helicopter roared overhead. From smuggling drugs across international borders to ruling the city's streets with violence and intimidation, their crimes shocked Merseyside. Members became infamous for robbing rival drug dealers' cannabis farms then selling the drugs themselves. After demanding 50,000 - which Higgins said he did not have - the 24-year-old launched a brutal assault that left his victim scarred. None of them has ever done a days honest work in their lives or aspired to do so. From feared personalities that have returned to court, to those recently released, here the ECHO looks at where some of the regions highest profile crooks are now thought to be. In the end, they all fell foul of the law. Very very seldom was there guns. Also known as the Crocky Crew or the Croxteth Young Guns. A recent investigation published in the ECHO charts the brothers' rise from Cantril Farm to the Costa Del Sol. We do not seek to glamorise crime or criminals, rather to shine a spotlight on what is happening in our city. 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