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Glasgow Times
4 days ago
- Glasgow Times
Prosecutors are after Glasgow gangland figure over flouting order
Convicted drug trafficker Fergus Smith had been hit with a 'super-Asbo' in 2019 following being jailed for money laundering in 2019. One rule of the strict order - designed to tackle and restrict criminals on their release from prison - was that the now 43 year-old had to declare any income of £10,000 or above. But, during a probe into his finances, it emerged Smith had £16,486 sitting in his Paddy Power account. In total, Smith - a reported associate of the notorious Daniel crime clan - had £55,000 of "income from various sources" that he had kept quiet about. Smith was jailed for 13 months in February after he pleaded guilty to breaching the Serious Crime Prevention Order (SCPO) and possessing criminal property. Smith appeared back in the dock today at Glasgow Sheriff Court for a confiscation hearing. He was handed a statement of information by a police officer which stated that the Crown are seeking £326,000 from him. Smith was also ordered to present to the court of any finances which he has currently available to him. The matter has been adjourned until August for this to be done. READ NEXT: Man admits murdering 21-year-old partner Phoenix Spencer Horn in East Kilbride READ NEXT: Court hears how much delivery driver made for involvement in drug dealing READ NEXT: Details emerge on case against man accused of Brodie MacGregor murder in Glasgow Smith was previously locked up for 10 months after being caught with £15,000 of dirty money at his then home in the city's Bridgeton. A three-year SCPO was then imposed on him in October 2019. Smith had to inform the police with 48 hours of any sources of income from work, benefits or rental of any properties. He assured the authorities that he would notify of any changes. A probe was sparked, however, when it emerged Smith had a purchase agreement on a sporty Audi S3 car in June 2020. A check revealed he had no self-declared income. A warrant was then sought to investigate Smith's bank transactions between late 2019 and October 2021. Fiscal Darren Harty said: "The statement showed that Smith had outgoings of £70,831 and an income from various sources totalling £55,000 none of which was notified to police. "A total of £16,486 was received from the account of Paddy Power. "This was from 50 deposits from the Paddy Power account ranging from £62.50 to £1,320.85." There statement also revealed a near £4,000 payment from car dealer Arnold Clark, seven amounts totalling £10,300 from an accident repair firm called 'Raltec Paisley' as well as £25,000 in cash deposits via the Post Office. Smith, of the city's Mount Vernon, was arrested in December 2021 and replied 'no" to each accusation put to him. Thomas Ross KC, defending, told a previous hearing: 'He was well aware that with the terms of the order it would be open for the police to gain access to his Santander bank account to see if he complied. 'In a way, it was inevitable that he would be caught with the money from his employment. 'In terms of the other charge, I wasn't in a position to explain anything with a substantial defence. 'It was in his bank account and it was through that police found out about the offences and he was prosecuted. 'He had been doing a course working on railways when the network is down at two and three in the morning and access is gained by ropes. 'He did this work in January and February when drug dealers would be in their beds - if he has money from illegal means he would not be out cleaning the railways.' (Image: Kevin Gerbil Carroll) In 2008, Smith was one of 17 members of a gang given sentences totalling more than 100 years at Liverpool Crown Court for planning to flood Scotland with cocaine. He is also said to be an associate of shamed ex-soldier Martyn Fitzsimmons - locked up in 2018 for his links to organised crime. Smith was a former friend of Daniel clan enforcer Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll, who was shot dead in an Asda car park in Robroyston, Glasgow, in 2010.
Sunday World
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Sunday World
Lilly Gerrard shares photos at home with Lee Byrne as they await birth of first child
Their newborn is due any day now The couple's newborn is due to be born very soon. Taking to social media, the mum-to-be shared a mirror selfie with the son of Kinahan gangster Liam Byrne. Neither Lee Byrne, nor Lilly Gerrard are involved in crime. 'My love,' she captioned the post, which shows the pair in an embrace as the 21-year-old shows off her growing baby bump. In another picture, she gave her followers a glimpse of home life as Lee sat on a plush white sofa surrounded by her three toy poodle pups, Barnie, Blondie, and Bobby. 'Managed to get three of them in a pic,' she captioned the post. Lilly Gerrard - Instagram Lilly-Ella, daughter of Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard, announced she was expecting a baby with her long-time boyfriend Lee Byrne in January of this year. They shared the news with a fitting Instagram post that showed ultrasound scans, two positive pregnancy tests and a pair of knitted baby boots placed on top of a pregnancy journal. 'Our little secret, the best news, mini us is on the way,' she said. Lee's father, Liam, was arrested in Mallorca and extradited to the UK in December 2023 on conspiracy charges relating to a gun plot. Read more In October, he was sentenced to five years behind bars at the Old Bailey in London after pleading guilty. The Crumlin native, who was in custody since he was arrested in Spain in June 2023, was released in January. As part of his conditions, he is only allowed one personal mobile phone and SIM card for the next five years. Byrne was also ordered to register the make, model, colour and serial number of his phone with the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA). Lilly Gerrard - Instagram Today's News in 90 Seconds - June 12th He is banned from using encrypted devices, messaging apps and must ensure all his browsing history is visible, as part of the Serious Crime Prevention Order (SCPO) which was served to him. He is allowed to have one laptop and a tablet and can also have a maximum of two business phones at any one time. It comes after Byrne landed himself behind bars for using the encrypted messaging service EncroChat to arrange the gun plot for which he served time.
Yahoo
30-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Kyle Enos: Man who made and sold poisonous diet pills is jailed
A man who made and sold poisonous diet pills has been jailed. DNP is poisonous to humans and has been banned for human consumption in the UK. The industrial chemical, which is officially known as 2,4-Dinitrophenol, has been illegally sold as a pill for weight loss, according to police. Kyle Enos, 33, from Maesteg, Bridgend, was jailed for three years on Thursday after a multi-agency investigation. DNP can cause serious physical side effects or death, according to the Food Standards Agency. Enos was found to have purchased the pure form sodium salt of the powder from China via the dark web. He made the pills using cutting agents and a pill press in his bedroom and advertised them on a website he had made. After receiving orders via email, he would ship the products within the UK and beyond, disguising them as vitamins and minerals. Following the investigation, he was charged with multiple drug offences and pleaded guilty at Cardiff Magistrates' Court on 1 May. 'Extremely ill or even dying' He was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court for one count of member of public import/acquire/possess/use of a regulated substance without licence, one count of supply regulated substance to member of public without verifying licence and one count of supply of regulated poison by person other than a pharmacist. He was also found to have failed to comply with a serious crime prevention order (SCPO) after a previous conviction for the supply of the Class A drug Fentanyl. Detective Constable Kieran Morris, of South Wales Police's regional organised crime unit (ROCU) Tarian, said Enos was supplying the pills "with no safety precautions in place", which could have led to buyers "becoming extremely ill or even dying". "Tarian ROCU are committed to safeguarding members of the public not only within our region, but across the United Kingdom and beyond," he added. Read more from Sky News: Alison Abbott, head of the National Crime Agency's prisons and lifetime management unit, said SCPOs were "a powerful tool" to help prevent those convicted of "serious offences" from reoffending after their release from prison. "This case should serve as a warning to others," she added. "As we did with Enos, we will actively monitor all those who are subject to such orders, and they will stay on our radar even after they are released from jail."
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Man who sold diet pills made from poison jailed
A man who sold diet pills on the internet which were actually poison has been jailed for three years. Kyle Enos, 33, had only been out of prison for a few months for selling fentanyl online when he bought the drug 2, 4 Dinotrophenol, or DNP, on the dark web from suppliers in India and China. He pressed it into pills in his bedroom in Maesteg, Bridgend. Cardiff Crown Court heard DNP is a regulated substance classed as both a poison and a secondary explosive that has caused at least 34 deaths in the UK. Judge Simon Mills told Enos his website gave the impression that the tablets were produced in "some sort of professional laboratory by people in white coats and qualifications and expertise". Officers raided Enos' property on Station Road in Maesteg on 25 July 2024 and found 2.5kg of orange powder and a machine used to press it into pill form. Enos admitted a total of eight charges at Cardiff Magistrates Court including possessing 2, 4 DNP, supplying the drug and supplying a regulated poison. He had also admitted five charges of failing to comply with a Serious Crime Prevention Order (SCPO) handed to him following his fentanyl convictions. In 2018 he was sentenced to eight years in prison for supplying "significant amounts" of the opioid, fentanyl to a total of 166 contacts. Four of those contacts, including Jack Barton, 23, a Cardiff University student, and Arran Rees, 34, from Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, died. No charges were brought in relation to their deaths as it could not be said with certainty Enos had supplied the fentanyl. Having served some of his eight-year sentence, he was released on licence, in 2021, but was recalled to prison in June 2022, before being released again in August 2022. Organised crime group sentenced after drugs bust Drug production booming in UK's empty high streets £250m drug bust warning to criminals, say police Under the terms of his SCPO he was not allowed to sell products online or in a virtual marketplace; he was not allowed to access the dark web and had to notify a National Crime Agency (NCA) officer about possessing mobile phones and laptops and creating his own internet page. Enos pleaded guilty to five failures to comply with his SCPO having used a laptop to access the dark web to set up a Proton email account with end-to-end encryption and creating up a website selling DNT. The court was shown screengrabs of his online marketplace which included suggestions of products customers "may also like" giving the impression of it being a legitimate pharmacy. He took payment for the drugs by bank transfer, bitcoin and other cryptocurrency from customers around the world, including as far away as New Zealand. Enos has refused access to police to some of his devices. DNP is the drug which led to the death of Eloise Parry, 21, at hospital in Wrexham, in 2015. The Glyndwr University student, died after taking eight capsules. In bodycam footage shown to the court the powder can be seen in a washing up bowl on his bedroom floor next to an empty pizza box. Underwear can also be seen next to his bed by the pill press machine and another washing up bowl filled with pills. Judge Simon Mills said he wanted the footage to be released to the media for members of the public to be made aware of the unsanitary conditions in which the pills were made. "You were selling poison to the general public," said Judge Mills. "Your pharmacy was in fact your house or flat and you were preparing and pressing the pills you were selling to the general public on a filthy piece of equipment amongst training shoes and discarded underwear." He was sentenced to a total of 36 months in prison. "You have a propensity for selling dangerous substances to people," said Judge Mills, adding: "This is a habit that you must stop." "The court doesn't know the full extent of the harm that you did by peddling this horrendous substance. "If any of your product is still out there in the community and it can be shown to have killed someone, you should face an investigation for manslaughter, but hopefully that will not happen." A Proceeds of Crime Act hearing will be held later this year.
Telegraph
20-05-2025
- Business
- Telegraph
Crackdown on crime bosses running their empires from jail
Crime bosses are to face new court-ordered curbs to prevent them running criminal empires from their prison cells. An independent review into sentencing will recommend on Thursday that criminals should be subject to court orders while still in prison so that National Crime Agency and police investigators can open up their bank accounts, ban contact with named associates and intercept communications. These serious crime prevention orders (SCPOs) would also force them to reveal any documents or answer any questions, including names of associates, by investigating officers. If they were found to have breached the orders, they could face up to five years extra in jail. At present, SCPOs can only last for a maximum of five years and do not kick in until after a criminal is released from prison. David Gauke, the former Tory justice secretary, believes that as well as disrupting their crime business, the orders could provide police officers with leads and insights into the jailed bosses' criminal networks. The moves will be allied to a new criminal receivership scheme to expand the powers of law enforcement to seize and sell all the assets of offenders who have made millions from their criminal enterprises. Mr Gauke said: 'Serious and organised criminals should not be able to run a criminal enterprise from prison, nor return to a life of wealth when they are released. Put simply, crime must not pay. 'The Government should strengthen existing financial monitoring tools, and consider a new system to enable them to seize all assets to effectively punish offenders who have benefited from a life of crime.' Ministers are concerned that confiscation orders, meant to take back money made from crime, are not working as well as they should. While there is thought to be a pile of potential criminal assets worth more than £2.7 billion, only around £214 million is currently considered recoverable. Under the receivership scheme, a court-appointed receiver would be able to take control of any criminal's money and property to make them pay back for their crimes. Unlike current orders, all assets, both legally and illegally earned over the course of an offender's life, would be covered. It would be a form of criminal bankruptcy, without offering any debt relief, making it a deliberately severe and uncompromising form of punishment. Crime bosses inside jail are known to control much of the sale and flow of drugs into jails, many imported by drones, because of the huge profits to be made from selling them in prisons. Charlie Taylor, the chief inspector of prisons, said even high-security jails have ceded their air space to drug drones in a move that threatens national security. The proposed crackdown comes alongside proposals, revealed this week by The Telegraph, to deport foreign offenders as soon as they are convicted in a bid to tackle prison overcrowding. Burglars, drug dealers and offenders convicted of assault who have been sentenced to under three years in prison will be removed from the UK as 'soon as operationally possible' rather than serving their time in Britain, as is currently the case. The sentencing review aims to enable the Government to avoid running out of prison cells, with forecasts that it will be 9,500 spaces short by spring 2026, even with its £4.7 billion prison-building programme. Other measures to be recommended include the release of prisoners as little as a third of the way through their sentences if they behave well, as revealed last week by The Telegraph. There will also be a presumption against sending criminals to jail for under one year and greater use of community punishments, with a major expansion of electronic tagging to create digital 'prisons outside of prisons'.
