In July 2004 O'Brien, of Aspley, was given life with a minimum tariff of 24 years, later reduced to 18 years. O’Brien took it, went back to the pub, and shot Marvyn Bradshaw. Salmon produced a single-barreled shotgun wrapped in a coat. The two friends were inseparable and were familiar faces at this and several other city pubs, including The Potters, The Scots Grey and The Lime Kiln. Marvyn BradshawĪt the end of August in 2003, 22-year-old Marvyn Bradshaw went for a drink with his best friend at the Sporting Chance pub in Bulwell.
Later in 2009 he was sent back to prison to serve the rest of his sentence after a judge ruled he had breached the terms of his parole. The Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) Board ranked him as a high-risk offender and ordered him to live at a bail hostel near Northampton – 70 miles from his home, six children and three grandchildren. He got eight-and-a-half years, but was released from Lowdham Grange prison in 2009 - and was banned from setting foot in Notts. When he was arrested and appeared at Derby Crown Court in 2006, the court was told he was the leader of an “organised crime group” and at the heart of a massive trade in amphetamine. The Gunn brothers expanded their operation to Bulwell and Arnold, and David Gunn moved to Bulwell in 2001.īut their activities had inevitably attracted the attention of police, and in 20 officer's listening devices were placed in the cars and properties of David Gunn and his second-in-command Terence Witts.ĭavid Gunn was recorded on his mobile phone, saying: “The police are trying to get to the little lieutenants, but they cannot get to us, the colonels and the captains.”
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The same evening something would happen to the business – it was either burgled or the windows would be shot up. “Often the businessmen would just shrug off the initial visit and send them packing. Colin would point out to the boss that his security was not very good and for a hundred quid a week he would make sure they were safe. The pair became involved in criminality on the Bestwood Estate, with extortion their primary money-raising activity - threatening shopkeepers, businesses and pubs and clubs.Ī former detective said: “Their modus operandi was to visit a business and ask to see the gaffer. The opposition turned up, and let’s just say they weren’t up for the match from that point.”
They arranged to put a pig’s head in the visiting team’s dressing room. The brothers played Sunday league football for the Scots Grey pub in Bulwell, where there was an early indication of their willingness to intimidate.Ī police officer told the Post: "I remember one match down at the Bulwell Hall Farm pitches around 15 years ago.
The pair grew up in Eastwood but the family then moved to Bestwood, with David attending Henry Whipple Junior School - where he met his future wife - and then Padstow Comprehensive School.
However, David Gunn - the older of the two – had already done enough to earn his own share of notoriety. It's hard to start anywhere other than with Colin Gunn's brother, David.ĭuring David Gunn's court case in 2006 - where he admitted conspiracy to supply amphetamine - his barrister said there was a “distinction in character” between Colin and David.Īnd he said that "by virtue of his name and association with his brother Colin, it is plain that he has achieved a certain level of notoriety". We've taken a look at the key figures in the story of Colin Gunn. 'Murder By The Sea' on CBS Reality focused on the killings of Joan and John Stirland in Trusthorpe, Lincolnshire, a crime for which Colin Gunn received 35 years for conspiracy for murder. In the summer of 2018 - in the wake of two shooting incidents in the same day in Nottingham - police were asked whether the city was once again earning the sobriquet 'Shottingham'.ĭetective Superintendent Andrea Baxter was quick to respond that the situation today was not "anywhere near that".īut it was a stark reminder of the days just over a decade ago when Nottingham was frequently in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.Ī documentary told the inside story of the coastal shootings which led to the jailing of Colin Gunn and, to a large extent, the end of Nottingham's unwanted reputation as 'gun city'.
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