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'Godfather' used £500k crash pay out to wage gang war

After a crash left Julian Bell paralysed he used the compensation to avenge his brother's murder

Liverpool Echo

Gangster 'godfather' used £500,000 compensation to wage crime warfare on UK's streets

Julian Bell was awarded £500,000 in compensation after fracturing his spine in a motorbike accident. He used some of the money to buy a home and a car, and the rest to create a gang in Manchester

Daily Mirror

The term ‘heroin chic’ needs to die – even if skinny-worship rages on

The aesthetic may be back, but the phrase has dark roots. Industry veterans warn we shouldn’t revert to 90s beauty standards

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12 criminals taken off the streets last week

These are the criminals from our region who were locked up over the past seven days

Liverpool Echo

How the Longsight Crew's 'godfather' used £500,000 compensation to wage gang war

A boyhood motorbike accident left Julian Bell paralysed from the waist down - he used the huge pay-out to avenge his brother's murder and start a bloody turf war, the M.E.N's Damon Wilkinson looks back

Manchester Evening News

Brown box deliveries tipped off police to huge £7m heroin plot

Two men were handed substantial prison sentences after playing a 'significant role' in the conspiracy

Liverpool Echo

Cocaine and heroin haul sees cops seize £300,000 of drugs and cash as man arrested

Police Scotland uncovered the massive drugs haul at a property in Edinburgh's Haymarket.

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'Mothvodka' and 'Unawaregiraffe' ran major EncroChat drug gang

Key players were found to be using handles "Mothvodka" and "Unawaregiraffe"

Liverpool Echo

I’m A Celebrity’s Seann Walsh reveals the deep impact growing up with a heroin-addict dad has had on his life

The comedian has made great strides to turn his life around after being caught up in a Strictly kissing scandal in 2018

Evening Standard

Heroin dealer caught with drug wraps and cash lurking in woods

Jay Patton, 22, was found with a stash of heroin, crack and cash after being stopped by a plain clothes police officer.

Liverpool Echo

‘Tranq dope’ — fentanyl mixed with xylazine animal sedative — present in deaths in 39 states

The sedative does not show up on routine toxicology reports

The Independent UK

Trusted taxi driver was unmasked as EncroChat user 'StrawSmith'

Joseph Ellis used his job to cover his hidden life as EncroChat user "StrawSmith"

Liverpool Echo

Carer caught with 6kg of heroin in boot of Audi after turning to life of crime

Claire Dooley, 43, was roped into carrying drugs and dirty cash to pay off her former partner's debt.

Daily Record

Suspects named over drugs operation after vehicle followed to Liverpool

They have been charged with conspiracy to supply heroin

Liverpool Echo

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Carer caught with 6kg of heroin in the boot of her car

Claire Dooley transported illicit substances and dirty cash in her Audi in order to pay off ex's cannabis debt

Wales Online

'Young girls want to look like porn Barbie; thin catwalk models are the least of their worries'

Reports that 'heroin chic' is back in fashion are causing outrage but Jane Kenyon, who works with school girls, says it's just the 'tip of the iceberg'

Daily Mirror

EastEnders star Charlie Brooks shares empowering video amid ‘heroin chic comeback'

Charlie Brooks, who plays Janine Butcher in EastEnders, told fans the heroin chic fashion trend can 'kiss her a**' as she shared a gorgeous video of herself sporting a bikini

Dublin Live

Gang boss Jeffrey Mitchell found dead in Swords hostel with €50k of heroin in suspected overdose

Jeffrey Mitchell was one of the most vicious criminals to walk the streets of Dublin

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Irish Mirror

Notorious gang boss found dead in Swords hostel with €50k of heroin after suspected overdose

Mitchell was released from prison in 2019 after serving three years for attacking a woman

Evening Standard

The boob job is back — but can it survive in an era of body positivity?

We’ve all heard the news that heroin chic is back, which can only mean that the big-boobed, Playboy bunny culture of Y2K is right around the corner. Maddy Mussen explores how the boob job has made its return, despite the body-positivity movement

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‘Step Backwards’: Aus Experts Slam ‘Heroin Chic’ Revival As Helpline Calls Spike 275% In 5 Yrs

The Butterfly Foundation has condemned recent discussions promoting the trend.

Liverpool Echo

'Barry' team drug rang rumbled by glove full of 'ringing phones'

Three drug dealers from a county line drug crew have been jailed as part of Operation Toxic.

Liverpool Echo

Drug dealer 'Lawless Fly' trafficked more than £5million of heroin and cocaine

"Greedy" dad funded lavish lifestyle by trading in 'multi kilo' quantities of illicit substances

Liverpool Echo

David Ungi appears in court seven years after shotgun murder

The 31-year-old faces three charges including murder and conspiracy to supply heroin

Daily Record

Crime family stole army guns and lived lavish life from peddling heroin and crack

Gang members were jailed for a combined total of 82 years for running a drugs 'cash and carry'.

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