They are middle-aged; they both have families; life is more settled. Police later raided an apartment. The men pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary. OK, but any book with the tagline "From Organised Crime to Kings of Fashion" is bound to raise eyebrows. The offences involved a high level of planning in order to target premises containing mobile phones and cigarettes. We know that organised criminal groups such as this can often prey on our most vulnerable members of the community and make people feel intimidated or scared to tell the police whats happening. The death of a 91-year-old man who was killed in an explosion at his house was not suspicious, police have said. Officers were called at 12.30am this morning (Tuesday April 20) to the reports of a woman, aged in her 20s, being attacked. Fellow inmates, he writes, "told me [that] whatever I needed, whatever I wanted, was available to me. It is home to Manchester Airport and Wythenshawe Hospital (part of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust), which are two of the largest employers in the area. It was being driven by Lewis Yates, 31, who was suspected of being a courier for Shazia, and arrested. In 2007, The New York Times described the housing estates in Wythenshawe as representing an "extreme pocket of social deprivation and alienation".[14]. Natalie Wrafter, of Harewood Avenue, Doncaster, who pleaded guilty before trial to c onspiracy to supply class A drugs namely cocaine and heroin; conspiracy to supply class B drugs, namely amphetamine; conspiracy to convert and transfer criminal property, and conspiracy to supply class A drugs, namely MDMA. In January this year, the label went into administration. "People were seen making frequent visits to the properties, drivers and couriers would come and go and calls were made outside the address. Many of them are self-isolating, often in fragile health and alone. Within a couple of years, the label was being hailed as Manchester's rough-hewn equivalent of Yves St Laurent, and clearing, they claim, 3m a day. So we don't anticipate any problems arising from it.". Police chiefs said their operation was triggered by 'serious and volatile' disputes between the rival gangs and others. Wythenshawe gradually acquired all the amenities and facilities that the original planners had neglected to include with the building of several new schools, shops, pubs and churches. "But I feel quite guarded about certain things. [4], The name of Wythenshawe seems to come from the Old English wiign = "withy tree" and sceaga = "wood" (compare dialectal word shaw). As reported in the MEN the six-strong mob were jailed for a total of 34 years after mounting raids on shops and garages across three counties. Mark Lovenbury, aged 35, of Dawson Road, Bollington, Cheshire, pleaded guilty to supplying crack cocaine and heroin and was sentenced to two years, four months behind bars. [16][17] It covers over 270 acres (110ha) of green space and is home to Manchester's only community farm, Wythenshawe community farm. (He was eventually convicted on drug charges.) 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By their late teens, Anthony and Chris, now 48 and 45, were bootlegging band T-shirts, and selling them outside concert venues across Europe. Other parks include Hollyhedge Park, Peel Hall Park, Painswick Park and Baguley Park. "For local residents, Macclesfield is their home, yet it was reaching the point where they were too scared to walk down their own street or visit the shop for fear of what violence or drug dealing they would encounter. They didn't just make, wear and sell Gio-Goi they lived it. Labour kept the seat in the 2010 elections, though their share of the vote was decreased to 44.1%. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Manchester Wythenshawe was a parliamentary constituency created in 1950 and represented by Alf Morris of the Labour Party between 1964 and 1997. 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Shazia Din and Natalie Wrafter played leading roles in transpennine racketeering - and even sealed one deal in the car park of a prison, Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox. A bypass connecting it to the nearby M60 motorway was built through Sharston and opened in 1974. Michael Wickham, aged 24, of Queens Road, Oldham, pleaded guilty to supplying crack cocaine and heroin and was sentenced to five years and eight months in prison. Life was a perpetual party, and they conducted most of their business at night, in bars and clubs, drunk and wasted. 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"It was clear this activity was only going to get worse unless we found a long-term solution to disrupt the gangs who were brazenly violent.". Detectives have smashed four drug rings known for their violent disputes involving guns and machetes following an 18-month-long undercover investigation codenamed 'Vulcanise'. Ask whether anyone with a past as questionable as theirs can ever run a truly reputable business, and they point to US rappers such as 50 Cent and Jay-Z, both of whose own pasts, they say, are not dissimilar to theirs. The Airport Line branch of the Manchester Metrolink tram service includes twelve stops throughout Wythenshawe. A station at Manchester Airport was opened in 1993. As reported in the MEN the six-strong mob were jailed for a total of 34 years after mounting. "Those who are responsible for supplying illegal drugs to vulnerable people deserve no place in our society, and our community is a safer place with them behind bars. Crime Drama Hard-hitting drama in which Maurice Colbourne plays John Kline, a former SAS operative and convicted criminal who is released from prison and recruited to act as an undercover agent within Birmingham's underworld. Police say Shazia's sister Abia, and son, Hassan, were heavily involved in the family's drug dealing and money laundering. Your number won't be shared with anyone else in the group. Crime news: Rape of woman in Kirkup Gardens in Wythenshawe Manchester "We come from a very hard-working background, so when we put our minds to something, we expect to do well. ", Chris elaborates. Both Wilks and Chyna Jasper - who had significant roles - were caught directly supplying undercover officers with drugs. Youngsters were pressured into street dealing and addicts and the vulnerable were recruited against their will, or to pay off debts. I certainly was before meeting them, and with good reason: I've just read their memoir, Still Breathing, an oral history that charts their improbable rise from the sprawling Wythenshawe council estate to international fashion guru-dom, via European road trips robbing shops and safes, undercover police surveillance, and so much local aggro they felt it necessary to wear bulletproof vests to work. The last time Man United were at Anfield, Liverpool scented blood. The three women gangsters joined forces to run one of the biggest drugs operations in the north. Has plenty to offer the community in the way of activities. In 2006, a firm bought Newall Green Farm's buildings from Manchester Corporation. In a final strike police raided Shazia and Hassan Din at their home address in The Drive, Bury, and Abia at her home in Woodman Drive, Bury. And in September, Graham Towriss, 27, of Hartford Avenue, Heywood, of possessing cocaine with intent to supply; possessing heroin with intent to supply; possessing a controlled drug of Class A with intent to supply; possessing cannabis with intent to supply; possessing amphetamine with intent to support; driving when unfit through drink or drugs and dangerous driving. A YOUNG woman was gang raped in a park in a "truly horrendous" attack in Greater Manchester. A 17-year-old boy from Wythenshawe was sentenced to an 18 month detention training order for conspiracy to steal. Loads to see and do in this big park. The rest was built after the Second World War, starting in the late 1940s as wartime building restrictions were relaxed. Stars Maurice Colbourne Ahmed Khalil Elizabeth Cassidy See production, box office & company info Add to Watchlist Joshua Beardmore, aged 26, of Roe Street, Macclesfield, pleaded guilty to supplying heroin and crack cocaine and was sentenced to 18 months. From cradle to grave, the National Health Service is a part of British life. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Liam Parsons, aged 19, of Green Street, Middleton, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply crack cocaine and heroin was sentenced to three years. He played a violent mobster alongside Mick Jagger in Performance (1970) and a London crime boss in Get Carter (1971). "If you've got a story to tell," Anthony says, "tell it well. Julian Jones, aged 40, of Lonsdale Road in Litherland, Merseyside, pleaded guilty to possession of heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply and was sentenced to two years, six months. Not bad for a pair of siblings who, as they admit, "didn't know our arse from our elbow".
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