Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll murder trial

PHOTOGRAPHS of the spot where gangland figure Kevin “Gerbil” Carroll was shot dead were shown to a murder trial jury yesterday. The pictures – shown on day one of the trial – included an image of an Audi with smashed windows. The court was told the car was “subject to a significant degree of examination”. Carroll, 29, was shot in the car park of Asda in Robroyston, Glasgow, in January 2010. Ross Monaghan, 30, has been accused of Carroll’s...

popular Caribbean dancing style used by adults, known as 'daggering', is sexualising the dance floors of a much younger generation.

  Teenagers as young as 11 are modelling sex acts and rape, in the form of daggering, on the dance floor with their peers. Deputy Children's Commissioner Sue Berelowitz said: "there's not a lot separating that kind of behaviour from actual violent, coercive sex." Footage seen by Channel 4 News [see above] shows an under-18s club night in East London. As with all 'under-18s' club nights, everyone is between 11 and 16. Some of...

Colombo crime boss Thomas Gioeli plotted murder in Long Island church garden

 Thou shalt not kill — even if you’re praying in a church garden beforehand. Colombo crime boss Thomas “Tommy Shots” Gioeli plotted a top gangster’s murder in the same Long Island church garden where he regularly prayed to his maker, mob turncoat Dino Calabro revealed yesterday. The genesis of the slaying of Colombo mobster William “Wild Bill” Cutolo is just another example of Gioeli’s unorthodox religious practices. Prosecutors...

New Black Panther leader arrested as group sets bounty in Florida shooting

 high-ranking member of the New Black Panther Party was arrested for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. DeKalb County Sheriff's Office Hashim Nzinga, 49, was arrested for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. More Atlanta area news » Immigration-related complaint may become ‘moot' 'Chicken Man' house explodes Trayvon Martin rally at Capitol draws many Gang member...

Russian shot in UK was due to give evidence

 Russian banker shot five times close to London's financial district had been days away from giving evidence to an investigation into the attempted murder of a former business associate, his lawyer has said. German Gorbuntsov, who at the height of his business empire owned four Russian banks, was walking towards his apartment block near the Canary Wharf banking district when a gunman opened fire on Tuesday evening, leaving him badly...

Pimps Arrested in Spain for 'Barcoding' Women

In this photo released by the Spanish Police on Saturday March 24, 2012 a tattoo in the form of a bar code is seen on the wrist of a woman in this hand out photo. Spain´s Interior Ministry says police have arrested 22 persons of Romanian nationality on suspicion of using violence to force women into prostitution and tattooing them with bar codes as a sign of...

22 killed in drug violence in south Mexico state

 Gunmen ambushed and killed 12 police officers who had been sent to search for the bodies of 10 people whose severed heads were found in southern Guerrero state, authorities said Monday. Guerrero state police spokesman Arturo Martinez said six state and six local officers were killed Sunday night on a road leading out of the town of Teloloapan. Another 11 officers were wounded. The attack on the officers occurred as they were traveling...

Seven mutilated bodies found in Mexico

 AUTHORITIES in central Mexico State have found the mutilated bodies of seven men near a shopping mall. Mexico state Attorney General Alfredo Castillo says police and firefighters received a report of a burning vehicle in the town of Metepec and found the mutilated bodies falling out of three oil drums left nearby. Castillo says the victims have not been identified and that a motive in the killings is not yet known. Local media...

A family of five murdered two men and dissolved their bodies in acid baths at home

A family of five murdered two men and dissolved their bodies in acid baths at home - before flushing the leftover 'sludge' down the lavatory.Police said the family are from Holland but used the house in Germany as a 'chop shop' to dispose of their victims, who they killed with an icepick and a semi-automatic gun.An international manhunt is now underway after...

FEMALE pals of Murder Inc thugs John and Wayne Dundon are using SEX to recruit hitmen to execute gangster's moll April Collins.

The Irish Sun can reveal two women close to the depraved brothers have been sleeping with a string of young Limerick thugs in a bid to recruit them as killers.The female mobsters, who we can't name for legal reasons, want their former friend murdered at all costs.Last Friday, brutes Wayne, 33, and John, 29, were convicted of threatening to kill members of April's...

A GANG of “guns for hire” who spread lawless violence in a spate of gun and grenade attacks across Merseyside were today starting life behind bars.

 The five were the “go to” men for gangsters across the area as they carried out attacks on underworld rivals.But their spree saw innocent people caught in the middle as indiscriminate shootings and grenade attacks escalated.At the top of the tree sat Tony Downes and Kirk Bradley, a “thick as thieves” pair of career criminals from Huyton, and Gary...

Michel Smith, a Quebec member of the Hells Angels wanted se 2009 in connection to 22 murder cases, has been arrested by authorities in Panama

 Michel Smith, a Quebec member of the Hells Angels wanted se 2009 in connection to 22 murder cases, has been arrested by authorities in Panama, according to media reports. However, officials from the Surete du Quebec and RCMP were not immediately able to confirm or deny the reports. According to the RCMP, Smith is a member of the South Chapter of the Hells Angels and goes by the nickname "L'animal." He has been on the run since 2009...

Alleged Quebec Hells Angels member arrested in Panama

 Quebec fugitive -- and alleged member of the Hells Angels -- who is wanted on murder charges has been arrested in Panama, local media reports say. Michel Smith, 49, who was linked to Quebec's deadly biker war in the 1990s, was reportedly arrested Friday. Smith -- whose nickname is "animal" -- has been on the run since 2009. He was taken into custody by local police in the tourist area of Playa Coronado on the Pacific Ocean coast,...

Kevin Nunes killing: Five cleared at appeal court

 Five men jailed for a gangland murder have been cleared on appeal. Kevin Nunes, 20, a drug dealer, was seized at gunpoint and shot dead in Staffordshire in September 2002. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it did "not seek to uphold the convictions" of the men nor press for a re-trial. The court heard that concerns about the credibility of the key prosecution witness, Simeon Taylor, were not disclosed to the defence. Execution-style...

Speed Freak Killer" Wesley Shermantine links his partner in crime Loren Herzog to more murders and says he also trained up a killing "apprentice," in a letter he sent from death row

Speed Freak Killer" Wesley Shermantine links his partner in crime Loren Herzog to more murders and says he also trained up a killing "apprentice," in a letter he sent from death row to KTXL-TV in Sacramento, Calif.Shermantine, who is believed to have killed as many as 20 people with Herzog, has been sketching maps showing the location of victims' remains and giving them to Sacramento bounty hunter Leonard Padilla in return for payment.The...

Gang killed fellow member after he fled robbery, prosecutors say

 The trial of four alleged gang members who prosecutors said killed a fellow gang member in 1995 in retaliation for abandoning them during a robbery is expected to begin Thursday. The alleged members of Viets for Life, Anthony Paul Johnson, 35, Giang Thuy Nguyen, 36, Tam Hung Nguyen, 36, and Truc Ngoc Tran, 34, are each charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder and if convicted face life in prison without the possibility...

Tempe Nightclub Shooting Involved Gang Member

 There are new developments surrounding Friday night’s mass shooting at a Tempe nightclub. Police are releasing the identity of one of the shooters, a known gang member. 19-year-old Raynon Jones is being held on $1 million bond on charges of aggravated assault and being a member of a criminal street gang. He was arrested shortly after the shooting, and two other suspects have not yet been located. Fifteen people were hurt in the...

Trial of Rogue Tijuana Gang Raises Question of Violence Spilling Over to San Diego

 The two defendants, Jose Olivera Beritan and David Valencia, are charged with involvement in several kidnapping and murder cases in San Diego in 2007. The two men were members of a Mexican gang, the Palillos, which once worked for the Tijuana Cartel (also known as the Arellano Felix Organization). But after the gang leader's brother was killed by the Tijuana command, the Palillos relocated to San Diego circa 2003. They used their...

Wheels of Soul outlaw motorcycle gang member pleads guilty

 Allan "Dog" Hunter, 33, of Chicago, was present during the March 6, 2011, shooting death of Javell T. Thornton, 32, also of Chicago, at 126 South Main St. according to a federal indictment. As part of his plea, Hunter, a member of the Wheels of Soul outlaw motorcycle gang, admitted Thursday in federal court that he conspired with other members of the gang to dispose of several firearms after the shooting. WOS was in Marion for a...

Rapper Young Buck -- Shot at 11 Times in Attempted Drive-by

 A woman riding in the passenger seat of an SUV driven by Young Buck was shot in the shoulder early this morning when another car drove alongside and opened fire, but the rapper was unharmed ... this according to a local report.  The woman was treated and released according to WSMV in Nashville, TN. There was a third passenger in the vehicle who was also not injured.  The shooting occurred at approximately 3:30 AM,...

Hells Angels bikie war will explode in Kings Cross.

 POLICE investigating the Hells Angels have launched a new taskforce amid fears a full-blown bikie war will explode in Kings Cross. The Sunday Telegraph can reveal the operation, code-named Strike Force Cheviot, was set up after 40 to 50 members of the Hells Angels descended on the red-light district last month. Police believe the "unprecedented" act may have been designed to send a message to rival bikie group Nomads, which have...

Bailed Kyle Thain and James Harris return from Spain

 Two men from Essex accused of attempted murder in Spain have returned to England. Kyle Thain, 24, and James Harris, 29, had been in Spain for the past seven months after being accused of attacking two men in an Alicante bar in July 2011. The pair, both from Southend, were held in a Spanish prison for four months without charge. They have now been allowed to return to England on strict bail conditions. Mr Harris returned to the...