Did 'gang bosses' escape because cops were squabbling? The allegations rocking GMP
In 2015, an orgy of gang violence erupted in Salford, characterised by an escalating series of tit-for-tat attacks between rival outfits which culminated in the shooting dead of Salford 'Mr Big' Paul Massey.
And he claims the way he was sidelined meant that two alleged gang leaders have escaped justice - Stephen Britton, a man named as leader of the A Team in successive trials, and Michael 'Cazza' Carroll, named as the boss of the splinter group known as the Anti A Team. For the last fortnight, Russ Jackson has been forced to answer these and other allegations after being called to give evidence at Pete Jackson's on-going employment tribunal in Manchester where the whistleblower argues he was sidelined and passed over for promotion because he made 'protected 'disclosures' alleging corruption inside the force.
The whistleblower alleged in evidence before the tribunal that the demand was unwarranted by any evidence or intelligence and motivated by 'Russ wanting the force to be seen to have taken action'. The whistleblower said he attempted to 'take back control' but was 'pressured' by Russ Jackson to bring charges against a figure who had purchased trackers for one of the gangs. It prompted a 'lengthy discussion' where Pete Jackson urged against bringing charges against a 'low level criminal' that would entail the investigation revealing publicly what it had learned. In the end no charge was brought at that stage.
Pete Jackson said this left him 'facing a decision on whether to give the go-ahead in a firearms situation which was potentially life-threatening'. But when the investigation learned a key figure, named in the tribunal only as 'person 3', joined other gang members in fleeing to Marbella, detectives contacted the National Crime Agency and the investigation gained new impetus.
"They had started to try to destroy phones and slush sim cards down the toilet as police forced entry. A fully loaded handgun, ammunition, balaclavas, gloves and a weighted vest that the Spanish police believed would have been used to deposit the body in the sea was recovered," said Pete Jackson. "I found it incredible that he adopted such a stance given that we had essentially caught Person 4 with two A Team gang members 'hands on' with a loaded firearm planning to murder the leader of the Anti A Team," he said.
He claimed relationships with the Spanish police and judiciary 'fell apart' when he was finally removed from being in overall charge of the case later in 2016, a decision he said 'allowed one of Manchester's most dangerous criminals to escape justice'. He said it was 'notable' that neither of the two alleged leaders of the gangs had ever been charged - 'which I believe was due to my sudden removal'.
Russ Jackson became the head of counter terrorism policing in the north west until his retirement earlier this year.
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