11 h. ago The pub meeting that led to brutal murder: Cocaine kingpin's killers plot to put tracker on his car before torturing him to death

To the uninitiated, it could be any pub gathering between three mates. But the occasion was not a pleasant social gathering - it was the beginning of a plot to kill a drug-dealing love rival.

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18 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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18 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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22 h. ago Thug orchestrated savage murder of her cocaine kingpin ex for 'cheating on her'

Coleen Campbell gave details about the movements of her former husband who was then brutally murdered at his home in Tameside, Greater Manchester, by a team recruited by John Belfield

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26 h. ago The gangster's moll who went on to kill: She orchestrated the savage murder of her cocaine kingpin ex for 'cheating on her'... before a clairvoyant ended her vicious reign of terror

Footage of Campbell and two other female accomplices raining down blows during the street brawl was played to a court in Manchester in April this year.

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51 h. ago The unlikely suburban HQ of a cocaine smuggling kingpin: How friendly dog

EXCLUSIVE: It was here that Peter Lamb oversaw a vast criminal conspiracy to import £120million worth of cocaine into Britain - all without raising a flicker of suspicion from his trusting neighbours.

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8 d. ago Cocaine kingpin who made £2.5m a month and plotted murder of rival from his luxury Dubai villa is jailed for 32 years after being brought down by his own EncroChats

Dubai-based James Harding, 34, and his 'loyal right-hand man' Jayes Kharouti, 39, ran a vast £100million criminal empire.

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9 d. ago The chilling messages revealing how cocaine kingpin plotted rival's brutal murder...and the moment gang realised the police were on to them

EXCLUSIVE: Following their conviction at the Old Bailey trial, MailOnline has obtained EncroChat logs which reveal how they went about planning the hit.

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9 d. ago Police officer reveals horrifying moment she discovered teen girl she knew who had been brutally murdered

PC Hannah Briggs, of Hampshire police, was called to the murder scene of the youngster who had been savagely beaten before being set on fire and dumped.

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9 d. ago Drug kingpin who plotted gangland murder from Dubai and smuggled £100m of cocaine into Britain is convicted after EncroChat probe

James Harding, 34, was arrested by counter terrorist specialist firearms officers at a London airport in May 2022 after being extradited from Switzerland on a private jet.

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1 week ago Drug kingpin who plotted gangland murder from Dubai and smuggled £100m of cocaine into the UK is convicted

James Harding, 34, and his 'loyal right-hand man' Jayes Kharouti, 39, ran a vast criminal empire from Dubai.

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1 week ago Drug kingpin who plotted gangland murder of rival from his luxury Dubai villa and smuggled £5m worth of cocaine into the UK is convicted after one of the biggest EncroChat investigations in history

James Harding, 34, and his 'loyal right-hand man' Jayes Kharouti, 39, ran a vast criminal empire from Dubai.

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1 week ago Where is Jennifer Ellison now? Inside the soap sex symbol's life away from the public eye after living a 'double life' as a gangster's moll and nearly being killed by a machete gang

She now leads a quiet family life with her husband and three sons, running a successful dance studio in Liverpool which has nurtured grassroots talent.

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