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Parole hearing for ex-Croxteth Crew gangster put back

A parole hearing for a former Croxteth Crew gang member who was jailed "indefinitely" in 2006 was unable to reach a conclusion.

Wesley Brown, 38, appeared before the panel on Thursday, January 16, with a decision expected to be made late last week. However, a spokesman for the Parole Board for England and Wales said: "The panel were not able to complete the hearing so they adjourned for further information to be provided."

Another hearing will take place in May, they said.

READ MORE: 'Illegal' prison TikTok account wiped over Croxteth gangster's rap videos

Wesley Brown was jailed indefinitely for public protection and ordered to serve a minimum of three years and 50 weeks for firearms offences in 2006. In 2017, when he was 33, he organised an illegal phone smuggling gang while serving time at HMP Manchester.

Brown hit headlines in January 2021 when videos posted to YouTube showed mask-clad men driving around Croxteth on quad bikes and scrambler bikes. A man who appeared to be Brown was shown rapping in a balaclava in a jail cell, saying: "I pray every night for the roads, I've still got lives to take."

The Ministry of Justice requested the removal of the video from YouTube. However, a TikTok account under the name Wesavelli_l11 was set up and continued to post what appeared to be his rap songs.

The account, which was deleted on January 11, showed several videos of a masked man in orange prison overalls rapping while posing with guns and designer watches, and snippets of everyday life inside the prison, including a short video of men throwing plastic water bottles at each other over a courtyard fence.

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