10 h. ago The crucial mistake that caused downfall of ruthless gang who tortured drug dealer to death in quiet cul

Planned with military precision, the plot to attack and torture Manchester gangster Thomas Campbell could have easily remained unsolved today.

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62 h. ago Drug dealer who stabbed neighbour to death GUILTY of manslaughter

Kevin Draper has been jailed for killing Jack O'Brien

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67 h. ago Death of a cocaine kingpin: The last time drugs lord was seen alive as gang ambushed him to be tortured to death after he was betrayed by his wife

Chilling CCTV footage shows the group swarming Thomas Campbell's quiet cul-de-sac hideaway after his vengeful ex-wife gave them the address.

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68 h. ago The chilling moments before brutal torture death of cocaine kingpin

Chilling CCTV footage shows the group swarming Thomas Campbell's quiet cul-de-sac hideaway after his vengeful ex-wife gave them the address.

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4 d. ago British gang 'threatened to decapitate' teen drug mule who faces jail in ex

Bella Culley is languishing in Women's Penitentiary No. 5 after being caught with the drugs as she entered Tbilisi Airport in the Georgian capital on May 10.

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4 d. ago British gang 'threatened to decapitate teenage drug mule suspect and her family and tortured her with a hot iron to force her to smuggle narcotics into Georgia

Bella Culley is languishing in Women's Penitentiary No. 5 after being caught with the drugs as she entered Tbilisi Airport in the Georgian capital on May 10.

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5 d. ago 'Drug smuggling' Brit teen sobs in court claiming she was ‘tortured and forced’

Bella Culley told the court: "All I wanted to do was to travel and this happened to me. I’m clean - I had nothing in my blood test. I wanted to make my family proud."

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5 d. ago Bella Culley: Brit teen 'drug mule' cries in court saying she was ‘forced by torture’

In an emotional court appearance in Georgia, the 19-year-old said: ‘I didn’t want to do this. I was forced by torture. I just wanted to travel. I study at the university to become a nurse.’

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5 d. ago Pregnant British drug mule suspect Bella Culley, 18, says she was 'forced under torture' to smuggle narcotics into Georgia from Thailand as she breaks down in tears before judge

The British 18-year-old claimed she has a 'scar' that proves she was violently coerced into trafficking the narcotics and has no idea what country she is even in.

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9 d. ago 'Ruthless' gang that sold assassination kits including handgun, silencer and bullets to criminal hitmen are jailed for more than 60 years

Gary Hardy, 62, dealt the weapon bundles which were constructed in the backyard of co-conspirator 64-year-old Robert Knowles.

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9 d. ago Ruthless criminal gang who made and supplied ‘assassination kits’ jailed

Four men were sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court in connection with weapon kits sold to criminals.

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9 d. ago How Ecuadorian narco mastermind Fito was found hiding in a secret chamber under his jailed girlfriend's house

The ruthless gang leader was arrested by armed police at Verónica Narcisa Briones Zambrano's property on Wednesday evening.

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1 week ago Girlfriend of murder victim sent naked video to the man 'who tortured and killed her boyfriend just days later', court told

John Belfield, 31, said he responded by sending a screenshot of Demi-Lee Driver's clip to Thomas Campbell - but insisted he 'did not want any trouble'.

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1 week ago Girlfriend of victim sent naked video of herself to ex and asked him to sleep with her days before he allegedly masterminded the torture and murder of 'love rival', court told

John Belfield, 31, said he responded by sending a screenshot of Demi-Lee Driver's clip to Thomas Campbell - but insisted he 'did not want any trouble'.

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2 w. ago Drug dealer 'sent horrendous texts to ex before torturing her partner to death'

John Belfield, 31, threatened former girlfriend Demi-Lee Driver and called her a "money grabbing little dog" in messages heard by the court.

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2 w. ago Drug dealer 'sent ex horrific messages before torturing her boyfriend to death'

John Belfield is alleged to have been part of a group who tortured and murdered Thomas Campbell, with the drug dealer said to have been the 'driving force' behind the killing

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