Click HERE to drop a heart on the map and you can also donate to our frontline fundraiser for the chance to win weekly prizes. Police said he attempted to discard a bag containing between 50 and 80 drug deals by throwing them out of the car's window. The burglaries were at eight premises. 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. Detective Inspector Adam Alexander said: These gangs were not only causing serious harm to each other but also to the local community and that was of great concern to us. Manchester Airport, the third largest in the UK, is immediately to the south. He was spotted travelling into Macclesfield by train from Manchester on a daily basis. ", "Look," he says to me now, "let me make it clear to you, in case there is any doubt. 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Browse our selection of vintage and retro black & white photographs of Wythenshawe, along with old maps, local history books, and fascinating memories that our visitors have contributed. Between 1963-1965 a couple named Ian Brady and Myra Hindey carried out one of the most vile and horrific murders in British history, The Moors Murders. Their 'Beauty Booth' company - housed in a unit on the Chesham Industrial Estate - was, say police, a front for money laundering and supplying drugs. [citation needed], In 2007, Asda opened a new superstore on the site of the old Co-operative store (originally built by Woolco in the mid-1970s, which also features a multi-storey car park). 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Wythenshawe burglary gang caught on film - Manchester Evening News Seven gangs were identified in total, as well as a number of 'sole trader' drug dealers, although the biggest four groups all had ties to Manchester. Wythenshawe - Latest News, Headlines and Entertainment from the BBC Inside the van they found a handgun, ammunition, cash, and two mobile phones. Detectives have smashed four drug rings. Christopher McDonald, aged 49, of Dane Square, Macclesfield, pleaded guilty to possession of heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply and was sentenced to six years, three months. In the space of three seasons, they went from being a 300,000-a-year operation to a 19m-a-year sensation. 5 Famous Criminals from Manchester - Manchester Souvenirs 20 April 2021 Google The woman was attacked in a park in Wythenshawe, Manchester A woman was raped by a group of men in a park in what police described as a "random and sickening attack". Woman in her 20s 'gang raped by group of men' in - The Sun The line opened on 3 November 2014, a year ahead of schedule. The gang is supposed to have existed from the 1960s through to till the 1980s. Our partnership working also saw the seizure of significant amounts of drugs, which cause untold harm within our communities, and cash ill-gotten gains from this groups criminal lifestyle. Wythenshawe was in the Church of England Diocese of Chester until 1933, when it was transferred to the neighbouring Diocese of Manchester. Police said Edgar sold drugs to an undercover officer posing as an addict 'on numerous occasions'. Nick Duerden hears how the brothers rose from gangland beginnings to make 40m with a streetwear brand that captivated everyone from Sir Alex Ferguson to Kate Moss, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile, Anthony Donnelly, who in certain circles warrants the prefix "infamous", leans forward, arms on thighs, his blue eyes staring out from beneath the peak of his baseball cap. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. It was constant.". Something went wrong, please try again later. Peel Hall Farm (which had a moat) survived for over 20 years[clarification needed] as its occupant lived on the proceeds of selling his land, but soon after he left, the property was vandalised and had to be demolished. By their late teens, Anthony and Chris, now 48 and 45, were bootlegging band T-shirts, and selling them outside concert venues across Europe. The investigation later discovered he had been 'criminally exploited' to work by one of the gangs. Anthony himself was later charged with supplying diazepam ("A class-C drug," he points out), and sent to Strangeways for nine months. Shootings and murders increased in frequency in the area. Teaching assistant Kimberley Bray who led double life as gangster's In May last year a garage in Ashton Old Road, Manchester, was raided. The new constituency is called Wythenshawe and Sale East. 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. 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A17-year-oldfrom Macclesfield pleaded guilty to supplying heroin and crack cocaine and was given a Youth Rehabilitation Order. They went to some premises and cut phone lines before breaking in. Named Northenden for Wythenshawe, Northenden railway station was closed on 30 November 1964. Within 48 hours I was having my own way in there.". What's the least amount of exercise we can get away with? Wythenshawe has twelve parks and 18 woodland areas including Wythenshawe Park, which was designated a Local Nature Reserve in 2011. We have.". by / May 23, 2022. However, it took decades for some areas of Wythenshawe to get their own neighbourhood shops, which meant residents had to travel or visit a mobile shop van when it visited their area. "My children know about the druggies - my youngest daughter would say 'mummy, the druggies are out on the street again'. Wythenshawe Park And Gardens 2 Parks By Johnreviewed123 Also a statue of Oliver Cromwell to see. This started attracting negative news and media headlines, with the nickname of 'Gunchester' being used to sum up this increase in gang, drugs and firearms activity. There is an urban legend that says some of them met the Kray twins at Manchester Piccadilly persuading them to return to London, which they did the next day. But success didn't rein them in and suddenly render them sensible businessmen. 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. The 2017 general election saw the largest vote share for Labour in the history of both the current and former Wythenshawe seat with 62.2% of the vote and a 15,000 majority, though the 2019 election saw this fall back to approximate previous levels with a majority of 10,396 and a 53.3% share of the vote. . I broke down". The 45-year-old, who lives a few doors down from the terraced home where Marcus grew up, says the star has made a huge difference locally. We remain absolutely steadfast in our commitment to tackling organised crime and drug supply within Doncaster and South Yorkshire, to keep our residents safe. 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. Wythenshawe is 8 miles (13km) south of the city centre and is the southernmost district of Manchester. When Gio-Goi resurfaced in 2005, they swiftly reworked their magic and started dressing a new generation of pop stars: Lily Allen, Pete Doherty, Plan B, Arctic Monkeys. Her sister, Abia Din, 45, was a key player. The sat nav was key for us to be able to establish that these six men, in various combinations, were in the area of many of the burglaries. A man and woman from North Staffordshire have been sentenced for their part in the county lines drug dealing, Get all the news from the courts direct to your inbox with our court and crime email. Very well.". (He was eventually convicted on drug charges.) The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. The leader, Rico Robinson, would supply drugs to users and oversee the dealing. If you want more information on signing up, or if this link doesnt work, click here. We are not endorsing any of the things we have written about in the book. Woman gang raped in Manchester park in 'truly horrendous' attack Paddy Lacey was a pro footballer but his world fell apart when he received a ban from the sport for breaching anti-doping rules. Liam Parsons, Thomas Cole, Mark Lovenbury, Clare Regan and Michael Wickham were all caught supplying heroin directly to them. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Manchester. What if the police read it and wish to discuss the contents? Part of Benchill (not the area southwest of Gladeside Road) and some areas in the north were built before World War II and called the Wythenshawe Ward of the City of Manchester. Just a nice place to go and. Following a review by the Boundary Committee for England published in 2003, the ward of Benchill was abolished, and its former territory was divided between the wards of Northenden, Sharston, and Woodhouse Park.[18]. In the 19th century, manorial control was lost over what people used their moss rooms for, and an 1839 tithe map of Northen Etchells shows Northen Etchells's part of Shadow Moss as about 2/3 arable, about 1/3 meadow, one field as pasture, and one field as "uncultivated moors".[20]. He was convicted by a jury of conspiracy to supply class A drugs, namely cocaine and heroin; and conspiracy to supply class A drugs, namely MDMA. Together with Shazia's son, Hassan, 21, they ran an online beauty business, selling styling products on Amazon. A certain awkward etiquette (and cowardice) prevents me from asking them outright whether the police's suspicions which the brothers have always denied had any substance. 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", Why not follow BBC North West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? "We want this to be a 1bn company eventually," Anthony states. The big-time women gangsters who joined forces to run one of the Nico Edgar, aged 21, of Tipton Drive, Northern Moor, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply crack cocaine and heroin and sentenced to six years and four months in prison. He says, in a voice so low you have to lean in close to hear him, "You know, a lot of people say, when they meet us, that they had no idea we were so nice, so approachable". It was being driven by Lewis Yates, 31, who was suspected of being a courier for Shazia, and arrested. Born into a family linked to the Quality Street Gang, which cultivated a Krays-like status throughout the North in the 1960s and 1970s, in the flesh, the Donnellys come across much as they do in their book: rogues of the curiously lovable kind. Manchester Crown Court heard gang members - from across North Staffordshire, Cheshire, Manchester and Liverpool - travelled in to peddle drugs inn Congleton and Macclesfield in a 'county lines' operation. Manchester . In February last year Hassan Din was seen by undercover police passing a large holdall to David Wright on a street in Bury. The last time Man United were at Anfield, Liverpool scented blood. Gangster's den: The home in Wythenshawe, which Bray shared with Taylor She said: 'I didn't know what Mr Taylor was doing. Altrincham and Hale lie to the south-west, Sale to the north-west and the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport to the east, with the suburbs of Gatley and Heald Green bordering onto Wythenshawe's eastern side. ", 'Still Breathing' is published by Black & White Publishing, priced 20, on 7 November, Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. Rocky Smith, 31, of Tranmore Lane, Eggborough, Goole, who pleaded guilty during trial to conspiracy to supply class A drugs namely cocaine and heroin. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. 4. But if there is any message in the book, and I hope there is, then it is this: that out of bad things can come good. Laura Smith, aged 26, of Elizabeth Drive, Newcastle-under-Lyme, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and heroin and was jailed for 12 months, suspended for two years. "It's all the shit we've gone through that has made us guarded, you see? After he came out of prison, the brothers fell out ("Over money, probably"), and did other things: Chris renovated houses, Anthony, ever enigmatic, "met some people offshore and did a couple of things out of the country". In a book careful not to corroborate anything that might be used in evidence against them, the passage on his time in prison is revealing. The victim, aged in her 20s, was ambushed as she walked through Kirkup Gardens in Wythenshawe at around 12.30am. You can donate by visiting our JustGiving page here. "These drug dealers had no connection to Macclesfield and would travel into the town on a daily basis purely to prey on local users. The Donnellys' "arse from elbow" approach, which had served them so well in the past, didn't float with the respectable Melville types, and both parties eventually lost all enthusiasm. A YOUNG woman was gang raped in a park in a "truly horrendous" attack in Greater Manchester. Kane Birch, aged 23, of Ainsbrook Avenue, Moston, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply crack cocaine and heroin and was sentenced to four years. Anthony, already wincing the way one would when about to face root-canal treatment, says he is unhappy about the way the conversation is going. Hayley Barker (born 30/06/1988) of Alders Road, Wythenshawe was . No arrests have been made and the force are appealing for anyone with information to get in touch. Loads to see and do in this big park. Manchester Wythenshawe was a parliamentary constituency created in 1950 and represented by Alf Morris of the Labour Party between 1964 and 1997. The Donnellys, quickly tiring of bootlegging, went along for the ride, roping in a couple of designers, and started making their own clobber under the label Gio-Goi. The murders took place in and around Manchester and there were 5 victims in total - all unfortunately children between the age of 10 and 17. A week later police caught Davis loading heroin into his van outside a flat in Salford. This was the late 1980s, a time of Acid House and the rise of Madchester, the music scene as dominated by fashion and Ecstasy as it was by the Stone Roses and Happy Mondays. Quality Street Gang - Wikipedia This was the UK's first municipal airfield, operating between April 1929 and early 1930. The amount stolen was worth in excess of 100,000. Hassan Din, of The Drive, Bury, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class B drugs, namely cannabis, and conspiracy to transfer criminal property. They were born with little more than nothing, and went on to make everything (and lost everything again but we'll come to that). Rico Robinson, aged 29, of Morland Road, Old Trafford, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply crack cocaine and heroin in Cheshire, and supplying crack cocaine and heroin in the Greater Manchester area. In 1971, the Wythenshawe Forum was opened there, which included a library, a swimming pool, a restaurant, a bar and a theatre. Their father, Arthur, was a scrap-yard merchant who made a fortune selling engine parts around the world; police believed he was also a gang leader and counterfeiter. A month after Peter Wrafter's arrest, Shazia Din and Natalie Wrafter were seen by a surveillance operation exchanging thousands of pounds worth of drugs money in the car park of Doncaster Prison, prior to visiting Peter Wrafter, who was an inmate. Gangsters: Faces of the Underworld begins with episode one 'Liverpool' on Sunday, May 24 at 10pm. Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in, Bulletproof vests, raves, Strangeways few fashion pioneers have quite the history of the Donnelly boys. "[The police] had nothing," Anthony says, "and all charges on Chris were dropped." [citation needed], In June 2022, Manchester City Council announced the purchase of Wythenshawe town centre from St. Modwen Properties as part of wider plans to transform the town centre. Life was a perpetual party, and they conducted most of their business at night, in bars and clubs, drunk and wasted. In September last year, Wilks was arrested outside Macclesfield Town Football Club in his BMW after a police pursuit. Do the right thing, work hard, make it happen for you, and leave things behind. The park also has riding stables, a horticulture centre, children's play area, athletics track, football pitches, tennis courts, bowls and golfing facilities. Greater Manchester Police said it was "truly horrendous" and the woman was being supported by specialist officers. 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. Wade Wilson, aged 31, of Reads Avenue, Blackpool, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply crack cocaine and heroin and was sentenced to four years, six months. 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. Police said that on two occasions, residents who tried to film footage of deals being made in public parks had their mobile phones smashed. [citation needed], Wythenshawe is the outdoor filming location for the Channel 4 series Shameless, which shows various shots of the local tower-blocks, housing estates and other architecture unique to this area. Some of the present housing estates were named after former farms. Lee Reilly, aged 32, of Wrenbury Avenue, West Didsbury, was jailed four and a half years. [16][17] It covers over 270 acres (110ha) of green space and is home to Manchester's only community farm, Wythenshawe community farm. The drugs were of high, import-quality purity. The district is under the authority of Manchester City Council. "Well, they know where we live," says Anthony. OK, but any book with the tagline "From Organised Crime to Kings of Fashion" is bound to raise eyebrows. They include Laura Smith, aged 26, of Elizabeth Drive, Chesterton, and Matthew Hughes, aged 26, of Bank Street, Rookery, Kidsgrove, who were both involved in the supply of Class A drugs. Philip Pagin, of Bankwood Lane, Doncaster, who was convicted by jury of conspiracy to supply class B drugs, namely amphetamine. Dealing took place near children's parks, at the gates of a cemetery and in broad daylight on streets. 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