First, the victims were cold called by the scammers who falsely informed them prospective buyers had been found for their timeshare properties - most of which are in Spain. In a column published in the Mail on Sunday, he also claimed that Bangor, in Wales, and Swale, in Kent, are now county lines-free. Strictly couple Stacey Dooley and Kevin Clifton celebrate new daughter with adorable name, Joyous Stacey took to instagram and said 'Our Daughter is here. Convicted drug dealer Gareth James, who lived a life of luxury in a house "like something out of Grand Designs". West Midlands Police have been working hard to smash organised crime in the city, Stay in the know. 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. A surveillance team watched as British Airways baggage handler Joysen Jhurry, 41, assisted by his colleague Mohammad Ali, 41, arranged to move suitcases containing the drugs off the plane and have them placed on baggage carousels for domestic arrivals. Jennifer Josephs, prosecuting, said: The house had CCTV cameras. The gang, who were mainly female, carried out their attacks between November 11 and December 4 last year. While it still occurs, now in Manchester you will see it between areas, says Detective Chief Inspector Chris Mossop, of Greater Manchester Police (GMP). There tactic was simply to knock on doors and, if they didnt get a response, try to force the door open or simply just kick it open. Simpson was one of the first to cash in on a County Lines operation, establishing himself as a violent crack and heroin dealer after pitching up on the south coast of England. Even the young people who regularly go missing - a key marker of possible exploitation - are changing exactly when they go missing. The wholesale drug dealers shipped in huge amounts of cocaine, amphetamine and ketamine during an 18 month operation. A teen had a heart attack during the January 17 edition of the Channel 4 show. A gang based in Coventry who distributed millions of pounds of drugs around the country have been jailed for nearly 100 years. Text the British Transport Police on 61016. When he got out of the vehicle they drove it away. And though Greater Manchester is ahead of the curve in cracking down on child criminal exploitation, even those at the forefront admit theres a long way to go. The Childrens Society is campaigning to change this with Rotherham MP Sarah Champion, who has tabled a motion to amend the Modern Slavery Act 2015 with a definition. A fourth man Caleb Ilsley, 18, of Denham Road, Acocks Green admitted joining Iqbal during the attempted Knowle break-in on October 1 and a burglary in Faulkner Road, Solihull, on March 13. The pandemic has exacerbated an already endemic problem with national lockdowns leaving some children virtually invisible from the adults tasked with protecting them. And he got a girlfriend and he didnt want this to be his life, but he knew that if he tried to get out of it theyd kill him. West Midlands Police suspected Woods involvement and swooped as he slept at his home in Wasdale Road, Northfield, on March 2. Iqbal tried to escape when officers arrived at his home in Douglas Road, Acocks Green, on November 22 but was arrested. Kids at risk of being turned into the next 'Bon Bon William'. Christopher Gorman, prosecuting at Birmingham Crown Court, said on some occasions the victims had been driving when they felt a combat style knife being held to their throats. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Solihull gangster James Mulvey was jailed for 32 years after being convicted of a 40 million drugs smuggling operation. Investigating officer, Det Con Alan Reeves, from West Midlands Police Force CID, said: Toms has a long criminal history for burglary; we suspected he was involved and placed him as wanted on national police systems. In 2015 the National Crime Agency's team in Birmingham picked up the case from West Midlands Police, pursuing an investigation across nine countries involving covert surveillance, complex mobile phone analysis and more than 20 million documents. In 1998 he was jailed for 12 years. But its all a lie. Mulvey continued to evade justice even after returning to the UK for the first time in five years in 2012, apparently because his father was ill. With the help of Lithuanian special forces he was finally caught, half-dressed, at a house in Kaunus on March 28, 2017. They know authorities are looking at who they are staying with, if they stand out, if theyre ethnically different, or lost. A GANGSTER who plotted to supply Manchester's underworld with firearms smuggled from eastern Europe has been jailed for 20 years. He returned to Warwick Crown Court last week where a judge. Call the police on 101 or 999 in an emergency. Originally from Solihull and with extensive business links to Birmingham, the 42-year-old crime boss oversaw the illicit trade from luxury hotels around the world and his hideaway in southern Spain. Meghann Will is a Co-Creator at Spiritual Gangster based in Irvine, California. Get the latest news from Greater Manchester, the UK and around the globe on the free Manchester Evening News apps - download them here for your Apple or Android device. The occupants of the car, Lee Cullen, 46, Paul Firth, 44, and Sean Edwards, 36, were arrested. He says technology has made things easier than ever for crooks who use popular video games such as Fortnite and FIFA to groom children. Run by nine Worcestershire scammers, the operation saw around 470 vulnerable people - often elderly and those in poor health - targeted in a three-part scam. Why send children hundreds of miles from home when just down the A34, in a town like Macclesfield, there is demand for drugs? Three travellers from two rival gypsy gangs are jailed for more than 30 years after terrifying machete brawl in the street that left one man millimetres from death with his throat slashed. One of the offenders phoned the victims cousin and instructed him to go to steal the familys jewellery for them - or they threatened to kill their captive. You can also get a round-up of the biggest stories sent direct to your inbox every day with the M.E.N. Criminals recruited in their teens, towns over-run by Greater Manchester dealers, and parents, teachers and campaigners trying to save kids from being groomed. The neighbour left the note over the driver's dodgy parking - but it has gone viral for something else entirely: the handwriting. Maya, who made her Love Island debut on Monday, is set to release a range of drinks. Overall, it looks as though there is about a 20 per cent reduction in the prevalence of these gangs, Mr Johnson wrote. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. On 23 March 2018 McCarthy was found guilty following a three week trial. A West Midlands teen has been jailed for 25 years over the shooting of a gang associate.Pray Maphosa, 19, shot Bailey Atkinson at close range in Coventry and has today been jailed for 25 years. "However, this was a lie and in fact they were purchased in order to be re-activated and later sold to criminals. The release of John Haase from prison is a reminder of an era when a handful of . And the escalating violence which ensued, sometimes involving machetes, left some residents too scared to walk down their own street. Something went wrong, please try again later. Truman Jones, aged 22 from Sewall Highway, Wyken - 11 years 8 months for import Class A drugs and 10 years to run concurrently for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs. Leah Casson, aged 18, died in a trafic house fire in the North East. Read about our approach to external linking. But I would rather miss my life than miss my son.". All four were charged with conspiracy to supply prohibited firearms and ammunition. Det Chief Insp Ally Wright said: We are delighted with the sentences handed out at Birmingham Crown Court and its particularly satisfying that a large number of individuals involved in both regional and national drug supply will now be off the streets of Warwickshire for some time. Despite this, there is still no official definition in law for child criminal exploitation (CCE). However Gail Hopper - who led on Greater Manchesters approach to CCE - does not believe county lines has been rolled up anywhere. He was arrested on 6 September 2017 in connection with the investigation. Birmingham Crown Court heard extraordinary details about how he lived a life of luxury - spending up to 75,000 cash every week. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. The operation left him able to spend around 75,000 a week in cash, including on his cocaine habit, Rolex watches, hotels and leasing top-end cars such as Land Rovers and Mercedes. However, his gangster lifestyle came to light when he was caught stashing lethal weapons in the boot of 27-year-old mother Bianca Willoughby's car in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. Organised criminals like Greater Manchester gangster Paul Doyle have found rich pickings outside their metropolitan stomping grounds. m***@spiritualgangster.com. They think my man is getting money. Couriers would then fly in from domestic airports to pick up the bags from the carousel before moving on and catching internal flights to airports including Birmingham. Investigations continue into the identification of assets accumulated by the defendants and we continue to recover assets from those convicted.. Thu 2 Nov 2006 19.15 EST. 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. Mulvey also had interests in bars and nightclubs, including the now-closed Geisha bar in The Cube. Dean Riley, from Woodville, near Swadlincote,. Victim Damien Lowe abducted at gunpoint my masked men in Coventry Michael Frato, owner of both Swan's . Sentencing the pair for murder at the start of the year, Judge Simon Drew QC said the shooting had occurred during "gang warfare" in the city, which broke out after 16-year-old Jaydon James was killed in 2018. In a column published in the Mail on Sunday. The true scale is simply not known as many of those being exploited and groomed fall through the cracks and are not identified in official statistics. Fortunately it turned out to be an imitation firearm, Coventry temple struggling to cope with food demand from city students, As many as 200 students are coming to the Gurdwara for food every day, Cyclist given trauma care after crash with car closes part of A5, The young man has suffered serious injuries. Live - Police seal off scene near Grand Central entrance after boy, 13, stabbed, West Midlands Police said the boy was knifed shortly after 4pm, Martin Lewis issues 48-hour warning to anybody with a broadband account. Thats where we first started focusing on CCE. These four men all played a key part in this purchasing and converting of the firearms and therefore, they all have to take responsibility for the illegal actions which could have put innocent lives at risk. A man convicted of murdering a rival gang member in a drive-by shooting can now be named as Carren Monga. A man convicted of murdering a rival gang member in a drive-by shooting can now be named as Carren Monga. Perhaps the best example I can give is that if you asked me to name most of the burglars in Coventry or most of the robbers I would struggle. We have proved this group were behind up to ten burglaries but its suspected they were involved in many more, possibly in excess of 40. She says: In Bangor you may have locked up your organised crime groups that were responsible for those particular issues, but as anyone with any knowledge and experience of this will tell you, you take out one organised crime group and another sets up in its place, because there is the space and reduction of risk to allow them to do that. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us [email protected]. A kidnap gang have been jailed for a total of 48 years after abducting, assaulting and robbing a man as he sat in his car with a friend in Birmingham. He stated that police have used lockdown to round up the gangsters - the peddlers of death - and to attack the whole foundation of the county lines model. Oldham Childrens Safeguarding Partnership also has information here. These runners are often asked to intimately conceal drugs in their bodies, a practice known as plugging. Alarm sounds over the norths hidden risk to the NHS - but is the government listening? Follow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. He says some admire drill rappers - a genre of music known for violent lyrics. Lucy says she is expecting a spike in social services referrals in the coming months as the effects of CCE in lockdown become apparent. Det Supt Scott Griffiths, who led the police investigation, said: "I'm grateful to the judge for allowing us to now identify Carren Monga as the murderer.". And so, in recent years, the problems of small towns and villages have had an effect on the young people of Greater Manchester, and the problems of young people in Greater Manchester have had an effect on small towns and villages. which moved drugs from Merseyside to the sleepy Cotswolds, 'There is misery behind every drug deal' - organised criminal gang who flooded area with heroin and crack cocaine are jailed, More to do and long way to go for inadequate childrens services to help keep kids safe, The 'navigators' helping youngsters who turn up to A&E in crisis - sometimes with knife or gunshot wounds, 'We're taking the pi** now' - The rampaging gang behind 29 robberies who carried on even as they knew police were onto them, One mum whose son was exploited told the M.E.N. When the coronavirus pandemic hit and the country was locked down, drug runners became more conspicuous. In response, he recruited youngsters from Greater Manchester to take on his dirty work down on the south coast. We would see people regularly go missing but not overnight anymore, Lucy says. Toms was detained in Coventry on December 21. A rapper outraged because his half-brother was "disrespected" in a song lyric was jailed with a confederate for 30 years yesterday after a revenge attack ended in murder . One resident, Julian Bell, had been paralysed in a motorcycle accident at the age of 12. And while criminal exploitation has become strongly associated with county lines in recent years, it can also include those children forced to work in cannabis factories, commit financial fraud, shoplift, pickpocket and move drugs, money and weapons. Constance comes from a family with links to the royal family, Stacey Dooley 'touched' after kind message congratulating baby girl spotted on London Underground, Stacey Dooley has welcomed her first child with her partner, Kevin Clifton. And this presents big city criminals with business opportunities. There were things such as 'sextortion' which tends to hit young people. watch over stash houses and deal heroin and cocaine. But he admitted 'we must do more' and mentioned government efforts to recruit more police officers, support tougher sentences and back forces to tackle street violence. Now the three men are behind bars after police used community intelligence, DNA evidence and social media messages to link them to firearms offences - despite no gun ever being found on them. Detectives described it as like something from Grand Designs with flat screen televisions in every room, games consoles, luxury bathrooms and astro turf lawns.. Vettel shared a throwback snap of him with the F1 legend on Instagram. Despite this, the Prime Minister recently claimed that county lines drugs networks had been rolled up in some areas. Around the time of the murder Mulvey was covertly recorded saying but this is what my life was, I've tried to get away with it, but I don't want you involved in it, do you understand how these people work? Copyright disclaimer on the section 107 of the act 1976 allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism commenting news reporting teaching scholarship and research.Values is are use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing non-profit educational or personal use tips the balance in favour of fair use.Subscribe to gangster times for more content Then because of the size of the conurbation you might have a lateral crossover between Wigan and Merseyside, for example, because of the proximity. The quartet were sentenced to prison on April 16 for drugs offences following an investigation under Operation Blade by West Mercia Police. The Childrens Society has more information about what to do here. Toms was jailed for five-and-a-half years while Iqbal was locked up for three years two months. Mr Xasan, 19, was shot twice in the back as he walked down a street. At Friday's court appearance, the following sentences were issued: Following the sentencing, Detective Inspector Gough from the West Midlands Regional and Organised Crime Unit, said: "We are pleased with this result which is the culmination of many months of investigation, working with colleagues across our region to tackle the problem of serious organised crime. The Childrens Society would not comment directly on the Prime Ministers column but said services run as part of their Disrupting Exploitation programme - including one in Manchester - are still constantly operating at capacity. SPIRITUAL GANGSTER HOLDINGS INC. branch. They were later arrested, with Lauren jailed for five years and 10 months and Billy four years and 10 months for the drugs conspiracy along with Kekula, and other offenders Robin Griffin, Lee Hughes, Gerard Downs, John Brady and Liam Oxley. Sarr, from Church Green in Handsworth, was today jailed for 15 years for possessing a banned firearm with intent to endanger life. 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The group were solely motivated by greed and preyed on some of the most vulnerable members of our communities. The charity says the proposed Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill offers the perfect opportunity to bring these changes forward and say its needed because of the urgent, ongoing risk to young people and their families. 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Im afraid the government - despite advice to the contrary - have just continued to talk about county lines. Something went wrong, please try again later. For more stories like this,check our news page. ", He added: "We also secured Criminal Behaviour Orders against Toms, Iqbal and Ilsley that, from the day of their release and for five years, prohibits them from associating with each other and bans them from entering any driveways or gardens without the owners permission.. Daniel Delahaye, 29 of Witton Road, Birmingham, Sharon Wild, 54, previously of Cranham Drive, Worcester, Ebony Wild, 26, previously of Cranham Drive, Worcester and Donna Derrick, 37 and of no fixed abode, all appeared at Worcester Crown Court on Monday. Police have smashed a girl gang which lured taxi drivers to fake pick-ups before the victims were robbed and attacked at knifepoint. He said he had taken into account personal difficulties Cole had experienced while Richard Gibbs, for the 17-year-old, said she had shown remorse and was easily led. The 11-strong group included two baggage handlers who arranged for certain bags arriving at Heathrow Airport from Brazil to avoid going through customs checks. The AJ Team, the Jay Team, the Junior Team and the Yardies Team gangs pressured youngsters into street dealing and recruited addicts and the vulnerable, police said in 2019. Ilona Zahorski asked at least 10 doctors to test her little girl before they finally acted and diagnosed her with leukaemia. By 2011, Simpson was running multiple drug dealing cells across the entire south coast from Cornwall to Sussex. Three members of Birminghams 61 gang have been jailed for firearms offences and drug dealing - including one who was with Sharif Cousins when he was shot by armed police. A playboy criminal jailed for trying to smuggle an arsenal of guns and explosives into the UK has been locked up again for two terrifying armed raids. As such, those at the bottom of the chain - the dealers - were at far greater risk. It was a major coup for Greater Manchester Police,. Things like that may increase because youve got more of a captive audience. When he drives a flash car around it tends to be on hire. READ MORE: Under the cloak of lockdown the blood of children has stained our streets. These youngsters became a valuable resource for the gang both as consumers and sellers. Those in his ranks included 6ft 4in tall Dale Carroll, who became the first person in the country to be banned from wearing a hoodie at the age of 16, after terrorising residents and trying to cut down a CCTV post with a chainsaw. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. In a major blow to gangster-turned-politician, Mukhtar Ansari, the Allahabad High Court dismissed the March 15 order of the Ghazipur MP/MLA Court, which allowed Ansari to be kept in a superior . But the safety measure backfired when officers trawled through the recordings and saw him loading drugs inside. They found that criminals, mostly from Manchester and Liverpool, travelled to the Cheshire town to peddle drugs sourced from Greater Manchester in a 'County Lines' operation, while others remained in Manchester doing deals over the phone. Whenever they go to nightclubs there tends to be crowds of women around them because theyre P1, but they dont flaunt what theyve got from crime.. Read about our approach to external linking. Meanwhile, another sometime resident of Langport Avenue, Simon Simpson, had been running drugs to the south west for years. The career criminal, 42, was covertly monitored during a two-year investigation by the National Crime Agency which led to him being arrested in Lithuania - half naked. Coventry cocaine gang jailed for smuggling millions of pounds of drugs into the city. Officers found their Ford Fiesta getaway car abandoned in Acocks Green later that night and recovered stolen property, plus forensic evidence linking them to the burglaries. He is serving a minimum of 18 years for the offence, and Monga 27 years. As he was jailed for seven years in December 2018, Kekulas lawyer said his life of crime started when he started mixing with the wrong company and hanging around with the wrong crowd. Two ex girlfriends, one from Brazil and another from Hong Kong, bravely assisted the prosecution. Man missing with mum Constance Marten spent 20 years in US prison, Constance Marten, Mark Gordon and their baby went missing on January 5, Redditch Ian Kirwan Asda murder: wife says killer 'took my husband from me and my life', Jaguar Land Rover worker's wife opens heart saying 'nobody should ever have to die like that'. You were running a significant operation under the radar of your boxing organisation, and you were able to disguise what was really going on with these cash movements.. He knows of some who have dropped out of school in recent months, prioritising earning a living over education. "He thought he had got away with these offences but the National Crime Agency did not give up.. One of the biggest concerns for experts dealing with criminally exploited children is the levels of violence they can be exposed to. A judge lifted reporting restrictions after Monga, 20, was sentenced in separate proceedings on 15 October for two counts of conspiracy to burgle. A member of the notorious Frankley Killers gang is behind bars after he organised a hit on his rivals house. As well as seeing a significant number of people handed prison sentences, 18.25kg of amphetamine, 12.28kg of cocaine, 5kg of ketamine, 412 diazepam tablets, and 342g of cannabis resin with a combined street value of approximately 5.25m was seized, along with a firearm and 100,000 in cash. Mulvey built a Spanish villa with an infinity pool, drove top-end cars and moved between four and five-star hotels. Coventry Gang Member Jailed For 25 Years After Blasting Gang Associate With Shotgun 8,915 views Sep 20, 2021 154 Dislike Share Save Gangster Times 69.8K subscribers A West Midlands teen has. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. They tried to escape and dumped the bag containing the stash of ammunition. Miss Josephs said James, aged 35, was involved in every deal but took great lengths to cover his tracks. One mum whose son was exploited told the M.E.N how she was forced to flee from Greater Manchester with her son when he was stabbed in the back by a gang who forced him to carry out a robbery. These long custodial sentences should serve as a clear message that targeting those people involved in the illicit supply of drugs will always remain a priority for Warwickshire Police. Ringleader Simpson was jailed in 2013 for six years four months with Carroll, then 23, receiving three years and four months. A further 205 were flagged about both criminal and sexual exploitation. She added that exploited people don't always look vulnerable, don't always act like victims, and may not believe or understand that they are being exploited.". All three were charged with conspiring to transfer or sell ammunition. Burns, from Richmond Road in Stechford, admitted three burglaries and was locked up for 20 months. Carren Monga can now be identified after a judge lifted reporting restrictions, Abdul Wahid Xasan was shot twice in the back in March last year, Riaz Ahmed was sentenced to life in prison and ordered to serve a minimum 18 years. The drugs baron, currently serving a 16 year sentence, headed a network which trafficked amphetamines to Cumbria, with the help of a 19-year-old local woman, Gail Hopper says there are young people involved in criminal exploitation "who feel they cant get out of it and they would say their lives are at risk", Offenders convicted after police smashed four County Lines gangs in Macclesfield with undercover Operation Vulcanise, Tayte Taylor-Bell, captured by surveillance, A mural by street artist Kelzo on the side of Yes community job and training centre in Collyhurst, A child's bicycle is seen abandoned on a pavement in Harpurhey, Jaden Moodie's case is a disturbing illustration of the threat County Lines and child criminal exploitation poses to young people. 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