He told him: “You had close links to the original sources of the drugs, you were directing and organising the sale of drugs on a commercial scale. The series was broadcast on Discovery's Quest channel in the UK in April 2014 (S1) and July 2015 (S2). Both have been released on DVD by Revelation Films Episodes [ edit ] He was finally arrested last May after being caught with 3kg of amphetamines at Eccles New Road, Salford.

Sentencing Doyle, who faces Proceeds of Crime Act hearings later in the year, Judge Richard Mansell QC, sentencing, described Doyle as ‘the head of an organised criminal gang’, who continued to ‘orchestrate the business’ from behind bars because he had ‘loyal servants working on the outside’. It continued to take in rubbish for seven months after the Environment Agency first warned the men behind it to stop. Barker started his boxing career at a young age, he trained at Finchley and District Amateur Boxing club in New Barnet where he was trained by Jimmy Oliver (father of former European Champion Spencer Oliver) amongst others. After a successful and long period at the club, Barker decided to move on to further his boxing skills and begun training at the Repton Boys Club in Bethnal Green, there he was trained by the highly regarded boxing coach, Tony Burns. Darren's father, Terry, was also a successful amateur boxer at Repton, winning the ABA Championships in 1981. In 2002 Barker won the Commonwealth Games Gold medal at the championships held in Manchester. He also became a Multi nations Champion and Class C NABC Champion. Prior to the decision to turn professional Barker's amateur record stood at 68 fights, 55 wins and 13 losses.

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Birmingham - Featuring interviews with Albert Chapman, Patsy Manning, Don Tear, Joe Egan, Sharif Cousins, "Zimbo" Moore, christopher brayford After being charged with attempting to murder a child killer, Wayne fled to America, where he found work in the gymnasiums of New York sparring with the likes of world champion Wilfred Benítez. His ability in the ring was noticed by promoter Bobby Gleason, whose gym had been graced by legendary boxers such as Jake LaMotta. Gleason set up a fight in Caracas between Wayne and former super middleweight world champion Fulgencio Obelmejias ('Fully Obel').

He told Manchester Crown Court he became involved with day-to-day running of the illegal dump after the late Manchester hardman Wayne Barker employed him as a ‘bodyguard’. Liverpool - Featuring interviews with Stephen "The Devil" French, Kevin Mooney, Nicola Regan, Graham "Boris" Boszomenyi, Brian Charrington Jnr. Manchester - Featuring interviews with Jimmy ‘The Weed’ Donnelly, Arthur Donnelly, Paul Massey, Sean Keating, Bernard O’Mahoney, Wayne Barker, David Fraser, Christopher Brayford

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British Gangsters: Faces of the Underworld is a documentary series about UK gangsters or 'Faces'. Series 1 (6 episodes), Series2 (8 episodes) it based on the book Faces by Brian Anderson [1] The Joyce camp hopes to stage the fight at the travellers’ annual Appleby Fair in Cumbria in June with a crowd of 4,000. London - Featuring interviews with 'Mad' Frankie Fraser, Eddie Richardson, David Fraser, Freddie Foreman, Billy Frost, Albert Donoghue, Jimmy Tippett, Lenny Hamilton In this case, in this location, there was no permit, proper infrastructure or training, and there never would have been a permit granted. It was a wholly illegal operation.” Whilst on bail the career crook helped finance a cocaine deal in which drugs were brought into the country by couriers who travelled to the continent on fishing trips.

The defendant has nothing left apart from his family - his ruination is complete”, said Mr McMeekin, adding that the house had gone and Doyle’s loyal family now lived in a council house in Broughton. Layers of rubbish and soil had been fashioned into embankments which were then filled with more waste.In the early 90s, Barker started an investigation that would span over two decades. Taking the work of the Afrikaner nationalist landscape artist, J.H Pierneef (1886–1957), Barker began to disseminate what remains to this day a highly contested issue in South Africa – land, colonialism and ownership. Barker and his brother attended Glen High School in Pretoria, before his expulsion in 1976 after being arrested for buying marijuana. In his teens, Barker left home to learn woodcarving on the coast at Nature's Valley in the Western Cape. [4]

Green gave the officers the false name of ‘John Grant’, and claimed at the scene that the material was to be used for a car park, despite the ‘slimy’ texture the officers noted.Paddy Doherty, 51, a star of Channel 4’s documentary series Big Fat Gypsy Weddings, was yesterday offered a boxing match by fellow Irish traveller Johnny Joyce, 20. BBC sport | Darren Barker regains European title on ring return. BBC News (30 April 2011). Retrieved 2012-05-26. Live by the Sword - Featuring interviews with Phil Berriman, Steve "Nipper" Ellis, Dominic Negan, William "Billy" Lobben, Some of the most infamous and influential names within these criminal circles appear on screen for the first time including Paul Ferris, Eddie Richardson, Dutch Raja and Arran Coghlan