NF (2010) Hoods
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List of Plates
1. The quiet village of Trusthorpe, on the Lincolnshire coast, was the unlikely setting for one of the most brutal murders of the new century.
2. Joan and John Stirland, an innocent middle-aged couple, were gunned down in cold blood at their home by brazen killers seeking revenge for the actions of Mrs Stirland’s son.
3. Wealthy drug baron Gary Hardy owned forty-four properties and a string of luxury cars.
4. Meadows Posse leader Dave Francis worked as the manager of a drugs charity, a perfect cover for his crimes.
5. Wayne Hardy featured in a documentary by TV reporter Donal Macintyre.
6. The Dawes Cartel: Family patriarch Arthur was jailed for eight years for his role in the drug gang.
7. The Dawes Cartel: His son John got twenty-four years.
8. The Dawes Cartel: John’s cousin Gavin was later sentenced to fifteen years for money laundering and drugs offences.
9. Colin Gunn, the archetypal tracksuit-clad thug, liked to assume the role of philanthropic Robin Hood to his neighbours, but ruled his crime empire with an iron fist.
10. Older brother David Gunn was described in court as the leader of an organised crime group trading in amphetamine and was jailed for eight-and-a-half years.
11. The Bestwood estate, with its rows of 1960s semi-detached housing, was held in the grip of fear by the Gunns. Many residents viewed them as the de facto law in the area.
12. Chief Constable Steve Green (centre) with CID boss Phil Davies (right), who pursued the Bestwood Cartel to the end. Green arrived at Nottinghamshire Police with new ideas about reducing crime levels but was quickly overtaken by events.
13. Father-of-two David ‘Drakey’ Draycott was shot dead over a drugs debt, his body riddled with bullets. No one has been convicted of his killing.
14. Twenty-five-year-old John Shippam was assassinated a month after Draycott, over a friend’s cannabis debt, in yet another unsolved case.
15. John McSally, the Bestwood Cartel’s number one hitman, bragged about killing five people and carrying out numerous punishment shootings.
16. Michael O’Brien, the son of Joan Stirland, shot dead Marvyn Bradshaw and then taunted his family in court.
17. The Sporting Chance At The Goose Fair pub, a haunt of the Gunns, where Marvyn Bradshaw (inset) was shot in the head and died in the arms of his best friend, Jamie Gunn, nephew of Colin and David.
18. Jamie Gunn went into a grief-stricken decline after the death of his pal Marvyn Bradshaw and died himself soon afterwards.
19. At his funeral, journalists who tried to ask questions were chased down the road with baseball bats.
20. John Russell claimed he was flying a kite on the seafront at the time the Stirlands were shot, but was convicted of murder.
21. Michael ‘Tricky’ McNee, a close friend of Jamie Gunn, was also jailed for life for murdering the Stirlands.
22. The Time Centre jewellery store, where Marian Bates was shot dead in front of her husband and daughter during a bungled armed robbery that shocked the nation.
23. James Brodie, the suspected shooter of Marian Bates, has not been seen since and is presumed dead.
24. Thief Peter Williams broke the wall of silence around the Bates murder. He was jailed for life.
25. Not content with ordering a ‘hit’, drug dealer Dion Griffin abused the paramedics treating his dying victim.
26. Tony Tirado was Griffin’s enforcer, a gangland wannabe now serving life for what a judge called a ‘Wild West’ shooting attack.
27. Police cordon off the city centre scene where Bernard Langton (inset), a twenty-seven-year-old father of two, was gunned down after leaving the Paris nightclub. It was the first fatal shooting in the city for three years.
The quiet village of Trusthorpe, on the Lincolnshire coast, was the unlikely setting for one of the most brutal murders of the new century.
Joan and John Stirland, an innocent middle-aged couple, were gunned down in cold blood at their home by brazen killers seeking revenge for the actions of Mrs Stirland’s son.
Wealthy drug baron Gary Hardy owned forty-four properties and a string of luxury cars.
Meadows Posse leader Dave Francis worked as the manager of a drugs charity, a perfect cover for his crimes.
Wayne Hardy featured in a documentary by TV reporter Donal Macintyre.
The Dawes Cartel: Family patriarch Arthur was jailed for eight years for his role in the drug gang.
The Dawes Cartel: His son John got twenty-four years.
The Dawes Cartel: John’s cousin Gavin was later sentenced to fifteen years for money laundering and drugs offences.
Colin Gunn, the archetypal tracksuit-clad thug, liked to assume the role of philanthropic Robin Hood to his neighbours, but ruled his crime empire with an iron fist.
Older brother David Gunn was described in court as the leader of an organised crime group trading in amphetamine and was jailed for eight-and-a-half years.
The Bestwood estate, with its rows of 1960s semi-detached housing, was held in the grip of fear by the Gunns. Many residents viewed them as the de facto law in the area.
Chief Constable Steve Green (centre) with CID boss Phil Davies (right), who pursued the Bestwood Cartel to the end. Green arrived at Nottinghamshire Police with new ideas about reducing crime levels but was quickly overtaken by events.
Father-of-two David ‘Drakey’ Draycott was shot dead over a drugs debt, his body riddled with bullets. No one has been convicted of his killing.
Twenty-five-year-old John Shippam was assassinated a month after Draycott, over a friend’s cannabis debt, in yet another unsolved case.
John McSally, the Bestwood Cartel’s number one hitman, bragged about killing five people and carrying out numerous punishment shootings.
Michael O’Brien, the son of Joan Stirland, shot dead Marvyn Bradshaw and then taunted his family in court.
The Sporting Chance At The Goose Fair pub, a haunt of the Gunns, where Marvyn Bradshaw (inset) was shot in the head and died in the arms of his best friend, Jamie Gunn, nephew of Colin and David.
Jamie Gunn went into a grief-stricken decline after the death of his pal Marvyn Bradshaw and died himself soon afterwards.
At his funeral, journalists who tried to ask questions were chased down the road with baseball bats.
John Russell claimed he was flying a kite on the seafront at the time the Stirlands were shot, but was convicted of murder.
Michael ‘Tricky’ McNee, a close friend of Jamie Gunn, was also jailed for life for murdering the Stirlands.
The Time Centre jewellery store, where Marian Bates was shot dead in front of her husband and daughter during a bungled armed robbery that shocked the nation.
James Brodie, the suspected shooter of Marian Bates, has not been seen since and is presumed dead.
Thief Peter Williams broke the wall of silence around the Bates murder. He was jailed for life.
Not content with ordering a ‘hit’, drug dealer Dion Griffin abused the paramedics treating his dying victim.
Tony Tirado was Griffin’s enforcer, a gangland wannabe now serving life for what a judge called a ‘Wild West’ shooting attack.
Police cordon off the city centre scene where Bernard Langton (inset), a twenty-seven-year-old father of two, was gunned down after leaving the Paris nightclub. It was the first fatal shooting in the city for three years.