TIL of David Hunt, a British gangster who was described as "too big to bring down" by the Met Police and has largely escaped justice as a result. He once paid £1mill to assassinate 3 police officers

Madbrad200@sh.itjust.works · 2 years ago

TIL of David Hunt, a British gangster who was described as "too big to bring down" by the Met Police and has largely escaped justice as a result. He once paid £1mill to assassinate 3 police officers

ReallyKinda@kbin.social · 2 years ago

Lol @ bookmaking

“Criminal activities:
Racketeering, drug trafficking, murder, extortion, bribery, pimping, bookmaking, money laundering, smuggling, fraud, arms trafficking, theft”

ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

It means he takes bets.

ReallyKinda@kbin.social · 2 years ago

Ohh that makes more sense lol I was imagining publishing illegal guides or something

SanguinePar@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

“…parking tickets, jaywalking…”

NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social · 2 years ago

Littering and….

ZodiacSF1969@sh.itjust.works · 2 years ago

Littering with intent.

Rocket@lemmy.ca · 2 years ago

…fishing horseback.

Narrrz@kbin.social · 2 years ago

pushing the walk button on traffic lights multiple times in quick succession, with demonstrable lack of intent to thereby hasten the crossing light.

Rade0nfighter@lemmy.world · edit-2 2 years ago

Apparently there’s a BBC Panorama episode about this! https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n3cszjzv

TIL of David Hunt, a British gangster who was described as "too big to bring down" by the Met Police and has largely escaped justice as a result. He once paid £1mill to assassinate 3 police officers

TIL of David Hunt, a British gangster who was described as "too big to bring down" by the Met Police and has largely escaped justice as a result. He once paid £1mill to assassinate 3 police officers

David Hunt (gangster) - Wikipedia