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Jimmy the Weed was the nickname for Jimmy Donnelly, who was for many years associated with the gang. [1] Philomena Lynott , the mother of Phil Lynott , the singer/songwriter of the band, ran the Clifton Grange Hotel in Whalley Range at the time and it was there that some of the alleged gang members met, along with showbusiness people and sports ...
James Alfred Moody (27 February 1941 – 1 June 1993) was an English gangster and hitman whose 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 ...
Joey Pyle was born on 2 November 1937 [4] (his tombstone in Merton and Sutton Cemetery gives his date of birth as 1935) in The Angel, Islington, London, the son of Arnie and Cath Pyle, and the youngest of their three children after his brother Ted and his sister Jean.
The first series contains 6 episodes: Glasgow – Featuring interviews with Walter Norval, 'Mad' Frankie Fraser, Joe Steele, Paul Ferris, Ian 'Blink' McDonald; Manchester – Featuring interviews with Jimmy 'The Weed' Donnelly, Arthur Donnelly, Paul Massey, Sean Keating, Bernard O'Mahoney, Wayne Barker, David Fraser, Christopher Brayford
London gangland boss, and pioneer and promoter of unlicensed boxing. Less well known to the general public than Krays and the Richardsons, of whom he was an associate. A key police target during his criminal career although he seldom served time in prison. [21] Bruce Reynolds: 1931–2013 1950s – 1980s Masterminded the 1963 Great Train Robbery.
The Weed Whistleblowers In February 2022 a group of California cannabis testing labs, upset about what they believed was widespread fraud in weed potency claims, decided to force regulators into ...
Shaw was born in Stepney, London, to a working-class family and from an early age was involved in illegal activities.He was acquainted with the Kray twins since at least the very early 1960s; Shaw attended the funeral of Reggie Kray in 2000, and was quoted as having said: "We grew up in the same era.
Rachman knew that if he started to pay the Krays for protection they would continue to milk him indefinitely, so he needed to buy them off permanently. [7] He therefore arranged for the Krays, through one of their front men Leslie Payne (whom Ronnie later tried to have killed), [ 3 ] to buy Esmeralda's Barn from Stefan de Faye for the sum of £ ...