Pic: Merseyside Police, Armed police guard the transfer of Curtis Warren from the Royal Court in Jersey. The jet-setting brothers were arrested by armed police in Thailand for leading a huge cocaine and ecstasy ring based in Wirral. He then fled the UK days after the bloodshed at Kimos restaurant, in October, 2010, and remained at large until Dutch armed police swooped on him last month in Amsterdam. Today, Liverpool seems to be a world away from the 90s when men like Haase and Warren were relevant. Some of our region's most notorious criminal cases. Taylor was finally brought to justice at Liverpool Crown Court, where he was locked up for nine years and five months . But the ECHO understands the pair are now out of prison following stints in foreign jails. Warren was also heard talking about Haase and Bennett during another phone call. Olivia was the third person in Liverpool to be shot dead in just eight days on 22 August after Sam Rimmer on 16 August and Ashley Dale on 21 August. Fernhill driver Jack Quinton was jailed in May 2020 at the age of 26 over a collection of weapons that dated back to when he was just 11. Its members operated with staggering professionalism and organisation, using encrypted PGP phones to protect "clandestine communications". "He knew exactly who could supply and distribute the drugs. Lecturer in Policing Studies, School of Justice Studies., Liverpool John Moores University. They had no interest in security companies, nightclubs or territorial disputes. On one occasion, a young mum in the family even stooped so low as to stash cocaine in her baby's nappy bag to hide the drugs from cops. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. In 2013 a further seven members of the Croxteth Crew were jailed for a total of 113 years for a string of offences, following years of drug dealing and tit-for-tat attacks. This page was last edited on 20 March 2023, at 14:01. The first, a loosely-knit, non-hierarchical group of young people who would get together on the streets at night and engage in antisocial behaviour and potentially violence and criminality. Daniel 'Danny' Gee was jailed indefinitely in 2010 for conspiring to buy guns and threatening to kill teenager Jamie Starkey. While Haase set up a security company, Warren had little time for the world of doormen and their disputes. A recent investigation published in the ECHO charts the brothers' rise from Cantril Farm to the Costa Del Sol. Darren Gee was handed 18 years behind bars in 2006 for planning the revenge shooting murder of dad-of-five David Regan. Keeping things in the family didn't stop the authorities from catching up to them, and one crime group who were dubbed 'the Whitney gang' saw members jailed for a total of 82 years. Ian Unsworth, QC, prosecuting, described dad-of-two Joseph, then 44, as the hands-off "principal" of a ultra secretive organisation. This gang has been active in northern Liverpool, particularly the areas of Kirkdale, Everton and Walton, for decades. "There were a lot of violent offences going in, causing turmoil for residents.". People were worried about rising youth crime and the influence of 'penny dreadfuls' on people's behaviour. I coined the term deviant entrepreneurship to describe the process of gangs making money through illegitimate means. A bug, which was planted by SOCA in their family home on Edale Road, recorded the brothers bickering in front of their mum about who was the better drug dealer. In 2018-19, social services assessed 16,132 children in Merseyside County, of which 546 were deemed to be either active members of a gang, at risk of joining one, But now, because their cover is blown, they are no good to anyone so they had to let them off.". 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But the pair and their gang were brought crashing down to earth thanks to a 'supergrass' - police informer Ronnie Bateman. Peter Clarke, a former weapons instructor in the Kings Regiment, admitted organising the cocaine conspiracy, while Stephen Clarke admitted managing a network of cannabis farms. Army corporal turned drugs baron Peter Clarke worked with security firm boss Stephen Clarke to orchestrate shipments of cocaine and cannabis from Merseyside to Northern Ireland. The pals later assembled a gang that launched a terror campaign on behalf of the Huyton mafia. Showers, now in his 70s, always denied the allegations. In 2018-19, social services assessed 16,132 children in Merseyside County, of which 546 were deemed to be either active members of a gang, at risk of joining one, or at risk of being a victim of gang-related violence. Croxteth Crew. Something went wrong, please try again later. Mayor, then 37, went to extraordinary lengths to avoid arrest, even hurling 2kg of heroin out of his Mercedes car window while being chased by police. Such thrill-seeking behaviour has not been adequately addressed by interventions aimed at countering gang recruitment. The drug dealer was put behind bars for the publics protection after a secret probe caught him conspiring to buy guns and threatening to kill a teenager.