Armed Robber Mickey Calvey was born. Mickey was the husband of Linda Calvey who us better known as the black widow. He would of been 83 years old today. Calvey was executed by the Metropolitan Police on a robbery at Cater’s Supermarket in Eltham in December 1978. He was shot in the back by Det. Read more…
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Fitted up by Essex Police: Ricky Percival is Innocent
In December 2006, Ricky Percival, was sentenced to four life sentences with a minimum tariff of 28 years for a string of crimes he did not commit. It was completely based on evidence that didn’t exist. The false charges include; the murder of Dean Boshell; attempted murder of three members of the Tretton Family; possession Read more…
Kenny Noye: Life and times of Britain’s most infamous villain
Life and times of Britain’s most infamous villain The life of Kenneth Noye has been one of malevolence and corruption. It is an example of how someone eagerly embracing crime as a profession can accumulate enormous wealth and frightening power. It is also a lesson on how vulnerable society can be to such a single-minded Read more…
On this day 16 December 1980, Jimmy Moody escaped from Brixton Prison.
James Alfred “Jimmy” Moody was a gangster and hitman who worked closely with The Richardsons. His career spanned more than four decades and included run-ins with Jack Spot, Billy Hill, “Mad” Frankie Fraser, The Krays, The Richardsons and the Provisional IRA. Described by Police Detectives as “extremely professional” and “extremely intimidating”, Moody’s speciality was robbing Read more…
The Life and Times of Ngozi Fulani,(real name) Marlene Headley
The so called charity boss at the centre of the Buckingham Palace racism row and her six siblings grew up in the 1960s as the “only black family on our road. Ngozi Fulani,(real name) Marlene Headley,(real name) Marlene Headley now 61, said her parents, who had moved to Britain from Barbados as part of the Read more…
On this day 3 March 1958, former football hooligan Carol “Cass” Pennant was born.
Pennant’s mother emigrated from Jamaica while pregnant and he was born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Six weeks old, he was abandoned and was placed into a Dr. Barnardo’s Home. As a black baby, Pennant was fostered by an elderly white family in Slade Green, Kent where he was the only black person, and where he Read more…
On this day 1 March 1954, Gerry Conlon was born
Gerry Conlon was born in Belfast and grew up in the impoverished but close-knit community of the Lower Falls Road. He described his childhood as happy. His father was Giuseppe Conlon, a factory worker, and his mother was Sarah Conlon, a hospital cleaner. In 1974, at age 20, Conlon went to England to seek work Read more…
ON THIS DAY IN GANGLAND – FEBRUARY 19TH 1952
Scottish gangster ‘Tam’The Licensee’Mcgraw was born in the East of Glasgow. He would of been 70 years old today. Thomas “Tam” McGraw also known as “The Licensee” or “Wan-Baw McGraw”, was a gangster involved in organized crime including extortion, narcotics and drug trafficking in Glasgow, Scotland. One of the wealthiest businessmen in Glasgow, he owned Read more…
ON THIS DAY IN GANGLAND – DECEMBER 5TH 1999 Gangster Tommy Hole was murdered in The Beckton Arms Pub, Canning Town – an alleged revenge killing for the murder of Nicky gerrard
Tommy Hole was a hard man who thought his reputation for violence would carry him through to a peaceful retirement. But then he was gunned down in a pub in broad daylight. Was it the result of a 20-year turf war or a misjudged drugs heist? The Beckton Arms is a small, boozy doldrums in Read more…
DANY KANE:HELL’S ANGEL POLICE INFORMER
When Hells Angels hitman Dany Kane was found dead in August 2000, a reporter asked Sgt. Guy Ouellette, a Quebec biker expert with the Sûreté du Québec, for his reaction. “Curious,” Ouellette said, and he certainly wasn’t exaggerating. The death of Kane, thirty-one, born in St. Luc, Quebec, a village about thirty kilometres south of Read more…