girlfriend of a gangster who master-minded the kidnap and murder of a housing manager has admitted helping her boyfriend as he tried to cover his tracks.

girlfriend of a gangster who master-minded the kidnap and murder of a housing manager has admitted helping her boyfriend as he tried to cover his tracks.Paul Brady was lured to a homes complex near Bacup, where he was battered by between 10 and 15 masked armed attackers and bundled into a van. His body has never been found.Earlier this month Paul Devalda, 35, was jailed for a minimum of 21 years after a jury found him guilty of conspiracy to kidnap,...

Assassinated ‘gangster’ remembered for being a loving father and husband.

He might have been a gangster or a spy for the government, but to his family Cyril Beeka was a loving husband, father, brother and son.Late yesterday afternoon the family of Cyril Beeka laid flowers and planted a cross at the place where he was shot dead last Monday.Fingers have been pointed at Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir for the murder. Krejcir handed himself over to police late on Thursday, but is yet to be charged with Beeka’s murder. Krejcir...

evidence has emerged that murdered underworld kingpin Cyril Beeka was an intelligence operative working for the South African government.

This has blown the lid on a spy-versus-spy drama within the country's intelligence agencies that pits national police boss General Bheki Cele against those loyal to his predecessor, Jackie Selebi.This week, the turf war between the police's crime intelligence unit and the Hawks blew into the open following Beeka's assassination and the dramatic manhunt and arrest of Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir.The Sunday Times has established that Beeka was...

HARDMAN Paul Ferris last night insisted he is NOT being pursued for a debt of £700 - but his SON is.

HARDMAN Paul Ferris last night insisted he is NOT being pursued for a debt of £700 - but his SON is.Reports yesterday claimed the former gangland enforcer faced legal action over the unpaid bill. But dad of four Ferris, 47, revealed it is his son Paul Jnr, 25, who failed to stump up factor's fees.He may now sue a paper which claimed he was responsible for the bill at his seaside pad. Ferris said: "The paperwork is addressed to Paul W Ferris, my son....

Cyril Beeka was probed by police for ruling virtually all of the city’s nightclub security operations with an iron fist. Two days ago two unknown gunmen on a motorbike shot and killed Beeka

 If new club owners did not agree to pay for his security services, they would allegedly face the wrath and the boots of Beeka’s army of security guards, the Moroccans.In the 1990s the then director of the Presidential Task Unit, Andre Lincoln, had been tasked with investigating the Moroccans. He was then accused of failing to do so and later lodged a complaint of intimidation against Beeka.Asked about Beeka on Tuesday, Lincoln said: “I don’t...

Millionaire gangster Paul Ferris is being chased by sheriff officers - after being sued over a s700 debt.

Millionaire gangster Paul Ferris is being chased by sheriff officers - after being sued over a s700 debt.Ferris, 47, failed to pay factor's fees on a luxury waterside pad.Now a court has ordered he must pay the full amount plus expenses. If he doesn't, he could have sheriff officers turning up at his door.A source said: "It's unlikely such a relatively small sum will come to bankruptcy, although even a court case such as this could affect his credit...

Karen Gravano, daughter of mob turncoat Salvatore “Sammy the Bull” Gravano, has landed a book deal

Karen Gravano, daughter of mob turncoat Salvatore “Sammy the Bull” Gravano, has landed a book deal for a tell-all about her life in the Mafia.Gravano, 38, who’s also starring in the VH1 reality show “Mob Wives,” just snagged a six-figure deal with St. Martin’s Press to write her tome.According to St. Martin’s, Gravano will discuss “what it was like to grow up in the Mafia enclave of Staten Island as the daughter of one of the Mob’s most feared executioners,...

Mafia turncoat Anthony J. Arillotta, of Springfield, will continue with a second day of cross-examination

Mafia turncoat Anthony J. Arillotta, of Springfield, will continue with a second day of cross-examination by defense lawyers in an ongoing mob murder trial in Manhattan where he has featured as the foundation of the prosecution’s case against two of his former enforcers.Arillotta, 42, testified for nearly three days against Fotios “Freddy” Geas, of West Springfield, brother Ty Geas, of Westfield, and Arillotta’s onetime New York-based mob boss, Arthur...

death penalty trial of crime boss Vincent (Vinny Gorgeous) Basciano may bring to light the gangster's darkest secret

upcoming death penalty trial of crime boss Vincent (Vinny Gorgeous) Basciano may bring to light the gangster's darkest secret - he was the victim of child abuse.Basciano's lawyers have informed federal prosecutors of plans to raise the issue as a mitigating factor against executing the former boss of the Bonanno crime family if he's convicted of ordering a murder.The court filing contained no details of the "abusive childhood," but Basciano's former...

serial killer Carl Williams was content to let Tuppence Moran live.

serial killer Carl Williams was content to let Tuppence Moran live.Unfortunately for Tuppence, his sister-in-law Judy Moran was not.Williams, a man described by the judge who sentenced him as Australia's worst serial killer, had every Moran on his hit list - including Judy.First he had Tuppence's nephew Mark knocked off in 2000.He then put out a contract on Mark's brother Jason that was brutally executed in the front of a car load of kids in 2003.Williams...

FORMER Stirling mayor Tony Vallelonga faces up to 14 years in jail if charged, extradited and convicted over allegations that he is linked to the Italian mafia.

FORMER Stirling mayor Tony Vallelonga faces up to 14 years in jail if charged, extradited and convicted over allegations that he is linked to the Italian mafia.Italian authorities have indicated they want to charge Mr Vallelonga under the section of their penal code dealing specifically with the mafia, which carries penalties of up to 14 years for leading or organising a mafia group, and up to 12 years for being part of such an association.This follows...

Irvin Briggs, 38, turned himself in Tuesday night at the Kern County Jail.

Irvin Briggs, 38, turned himself in Tuesday night at the Kern County Jail. He was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, reckless discharge of a firearm, felon/gang member in possession of a firearm, and participation in a criminal street gang, according to police Sgt. Mary DeGeare.Briggs was fighting with two men, possibly teens, last Thursday in the parking lot of Kern Schools Federal Credit Union on Ming Avenue when he allegedly...

Enrico Ponzo was never a proper mobster, a “made man” in the vernacular of the underworld.

Enrico Ponzo was never a proper mobster, a “made man” in the vernacular of the underworld. He was a renegade, prosecutors say, part of a violent faction intent on ousting the bosses of the powerful Patriarca crime family in Boston in the early 1990s.Mr. Ponzo’s home in Marsing, Idaho.When a wide-ranging indictment came up against him and 14 others in 1997, Mr. Ponzo was charged with crimes that included attempted murder and extortion. But he was...

ongoing LP/Deuce 8 feud

purported gang member alleged to have killed 24-year-old Tyree E. Lee during a Central District gang rivalry has pleaded guilty to murder. Changing his plea Monday, Jymaika S. Hutson admitted to killing Lee in 2007. He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, and will likely be sentenced to 14 ½ years in prison. On April 28, 2007, officers were called to the 2600 block of East Alder Street following a report of shots. Police arrived to find Lee...