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Sorry for the lack of updates recently, both Martin and I have been busy with matters other than the site. I am awaiting to undergo various tests at the hospital regarding the symptoms I have been enduring since my surgery two years ago. I have been given a possible diagnosis of my ailments but I would rather await the test results before saying what they may be.

Paddy Conroys book has been temporarily shelved because of his mothers ill health and his need to care for her. Paddys a top guy and I sincerely hope his mother is doing as well as she possibly can.

Nippers book is half written, I have two more weeks to complete it as it is being published in August. It is an excellent story full of previously untold facts and incidents involving Tucker, Tate, Rolfe and others.

Faces continues to go from strength to strength, the more people we include in the book, the more interest we receive. Brian is in Marbella this weekend photographing one of the most infamous Faces in modern crime and numerous guests at the opening of an exclusive complex. Faces will definitely be two books now rather than one.

Because of the numerous enquires's Martin and I receive asking where certain books can be purchased we are going to include an on line shop on the site. The books will be the same price as elsewhere and so it is a non-profitable enterprise for the site. It just saves us answering the many questions we receive daily.

Thanks for your continued support
Regards
Bernie

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Viv Graham
Ken "Zulu" Neill
Billy Robinson
George Craig

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James "Jaimba" McLean

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Lags in Heaven
Vain Villian
Barry Hughes
Bobby "The Devil" Dempster
Lewis "Scooby" Rodden

The Way it is….

I hope that 2009 turns out to be a happy and peaceful time for all those that have supported this site over the years. People often lose sight of what our intentions are, the mentally challenged believe it is a site designed to glamorize the murder of three drug crazed bullies, sceptics think it is here to promote the sale of my books and those capable of thinking for themselves realise that it was set up to question the convictions of Michael Steele, Jack Whomes and a man who is wrongfully but not intentionally ignored, Peter Corry. For thirteen years Mick, Jack and their loved ones (Peter was released) have endured what can only be described as a living hell and all because of the word of an individual named Nicholls who has no qualms about admitting that he is a compulsive liar.

In order to maintain interest in the site over such a long period it has been necessary to add material that is not directly connected to the initial cause. By chance I continued writing books after the Essex Boys story was exhausted and the site has grown around the relevant material concerning those publications. In a way that is regrettable because Mick, Jack and their loved ones have almost been forgotten.

I am hoping that in the New Year their plight may once more be resurrected and eventually dealt with when they return to the Court of Appeal. The plight of Ricky Percival is also an ongoing campaign that I am involved in and hope can be resolved this coming year. I talk to Ricky and his family regularly; they are good, decent people who have undoubtedly been dealt a very, very raw deal by the judicial system.

I have never said that Ricky is innocent as I do not believe anybody can claim that they know either way. The evidence at his trial was manufactured by a man who the police and prosecution have since conceded lied. It is only a matter of time before Ricky gets the re-trial that he undoubtedly deserves. I believe a date will be announced shortly after Christmas.

2008 saw Les Balkwell finally get a Coroner to admit that his son Lee did not die as a result of an accident. It took the man five years to get the verdict, his health suffered terribly but nothing deterred Les, I really admire the guy for that.

For once the year passed off without too much personal drama, but there were low’s, my sister-in-law Carol’s mother passed away, my cousin David Lynch was murdered in Sligo after a gunman fired seven shots into him, nobody has yet been charged and a couple of weeks ago family friend Lisa Wilson took her own life.

Thankfully there were positive events too, the birth of my Grandson Charlie and my engagement to the beautiful Roshea. I suppose that is what life is all about, getting knocked down by bad luck and getting back on your feet to embrace a better day. I really hope that Mick, Jack, Peter and Ricky have suffered all of the bad luck that they are going to endure in their cases and 2009 sees them back on their feet and getting a bit of the good luck that they all deserve.

Thank you for your continued support with this site. I am hopeless with technology and would like to thank Martin the guy who runs and administers the site and Rin for all of their effort they put into it. Thank you.
Bernard O'Mahoney

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Stephen Sayers
Stuart Watson
Bob Raw
Making of

News update:

The first week in December always seems to attract bad news for me, 2nd December Emmas untimely death, 6th of December the Rettendon murders and this week two more deaths. I cannot go into detail just yet but my partner Roshea and her family have been encountering problems from a family in her street for some time.

This week I became reluctantly involved and after a confrontation the other side `agreed` to let things be resolved in an amicable fashion. The following day Roshea obtained an injunction but her fathers partner was stabbed to death. Roshea is, I am pleased to say, safe and well and has been removed from the area by police.

This afternoon I was informed that 28 year old Lisa Wilson a friend of the family hung herself whilst drunk following a stupid row with our good friend Josh Cowley.

Heres hoping its the last bad news this year and for some time to come.
Regards
Bernie

Grandmothers murdered in separate attacks

Dec 5 2008 by Brenda Hickman and Sophie Doughty, Evening Chronicle

Woman dies after Gateshead stabbing horror

A WOMAN was savagely stabbed to death in the street.

The attack on Shirley Elliott, 43, happened outside her home in Hazel Grove, Leam Lane, Gateshead last night.

Neighbours heard screams shortly after 8pm when Ms Elliott was confronted by someone she knew.

It is understood she suffered multiple stab wounds and collapsed on the pavement.

Northumbria Police launched a murder inquiry after paramedics called to the scene were unable to save her life.

The Chronicle understands Ms Elliott had been involved in a domestic row earlier in the day with her estranged partner George Murray.

It is understood a man in his late 30s, believed to be Mr Murray, was arrested in connection on suspicion of murder.

His brother, John Murray, was also under arrest and being questioned following events after the incident. However, he is not detained in connection with the stabbing.

Ms Elliott, who had just become a grandmother for the first time, died last night in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

Today the street remained cordoned off with police tape with officers standing guard.

And a white tent had been placed over the spot where sher was found.

She had one son and two daughters, aged 21, 18 and 13.

Today neighbours and friends of the mother have spoken of their shock.

They described her as a doting mum who had been delighted at becoming a grandmother just a few weeks earlier.

Her neighbour, mum-of-two Roshea Tierney, 30, said: "We were over at the park last night and then we just saw lots of police cars arriving. She was a very timid, weak woman but she was really nice. It’s just horrible what’s happened to her. She had never been in any trouble in her life. She doted on her children. She was just trying her best to bring them up, even when she had problems herself. She tried her best for her children. She ironed their clothes and got them to school on time. She was really happy about becoming a grandmother. She kept saying, this grandbairn is going to change my life. I just feel really sad about what has happened."

Roshea’s dad Malcolm, 58, had been going out with Shirley on and off for several years.

He said: "I’m gutted. She was just a canny normal council estate lass she had three nice children and she thought the world of them. I just can’t believe it. She just loved those children. She did everything for them."

Det Chief Insp Ian Bentham of the Northumbria Police Major Investigations Team said: "We are treating the death of a woman who was found on a pavement outside her home as murder.

"A post-mortem will be carried out later today and I would ask anyone who has information about events in Hazel Grove, Gateshead, last night, or any other information which would assist the murder investigation, to contact officer at Gateshead.

"We are awaiting results of the post-mortem to establish the cause, but the woman suffered a number of wounds.

"We have not recovered a weapon at this stage."

Anyone with information about the murder should ring Gateshead detectives on 03456 043 043.

Two men have been arrested after a woman was fatally stabbed on Tyneside.

Shirley Elliott was discovered with multiple stab injuries at a property on Hazel Grove in the Leam Lane area of Gateshead on Thursday night.

The 43-year-old, of Hazel Grove, was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital but died soon after arrival.

A man has been charged with murder following the fatal stabbing of a woman on Tyneside.

Shirley Elliott was discovered with multiple stab injuries at a property on Hazel Grove in the Leam Lane area of Gateshead on Thursday night.

The 43-year-old, of Hazel Grove, died after arriving at hospital.

I first met Emma at Raquels nightclub in Basildon, Essex when she was just 15. A year later we began to see one another. Six years on, we moved in to a flat in Basildon town centre. On July 16th 2004, eleven years after we met, Emma and I married in Peterborough Cathedral. Four months later, my beautiful wife Emma, fell ill with flu like symptoms.

I asked her not to go to work but she insisted that she would be okay. Throughout that week Emma worked from 8.30 until 21.00 so she could have extra money for Christmas. That Saturday night we had a mad one and on Sunday we stayed in bed recovering. On Monday we both went to work but Monday night Emma said that she felt ill.

I told her to stay off work Tuesday and before leaving home I made up her bed and left her everything she needed nearby to make her comfortable. On Tuesday night when I get home Emma said she felt worse so I said I'd take her to hospital. Emma declined, insisting she was ok.

On Wednesday morning Emma was too ill to go to work. I rang in sick for her, made her bed, gave her drinks and rang the Doctor for her. To make sure Emma was ok I took time off work to ensure the Doctor turned up and looked after her. When he arrived he diagnosed Emma as having inflamed lungs and prescribed her antibiotics.

I sat up holding Emmas hand and stroking her hair all of Wednesday night. Neither of us slept. At 5 am I went to work. At 1pm I rang Emma to check she was ok and we talked about poxy curtains. At 4pm I finished work and went home to find Emma sitting downstairs on the sofa.

I asked if she was ok. Emma said I love you Bernie, help me. I said, don't fuck about woman you are scaring me. Emma laughed and said I love you Bernie. Emma's eyes rolled in her head and she looked terrible. I rang a Doctor and told them to get here ASAP.

I held Emma in my arms and she had a convulsion of some sort. I rang an ambulance and was instructed how to give Emma the kiss of life and how to get her heart beating. I felt her stop breathing and as I fought to save her life I felt her heart stop. My Emma had died in my arms aged 26. I remmember looking at a clock for some reason, it said the time was 19.16hrs and 06 seconds. When the paramedics arrived they fought for over an hour in my front room to revive her but I knew Emma was gone.

I have never felt so alone in my life. Just four months after marrying my wife and a mere ten days before Christmas, I had to bury her. I've not just lost a wife, I have lost a true friend but she will live on in my heart and mind. Please bear her in your thoughts and prayers.
Until we meet again Emmie, goodnight xxx

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Manchester
Steven McVey
Michael Bullock
Steve "Nipper" Ellis
Albanian Luzim Balliu

Firstly, apologies about the delay in updating the site, both Martin and I have been busy with one thing and another of late. Rather than script the news into some sort of rambling mess I will detail it accordingly:

1. Ricky Percivals Appeal: Rickys case was heard on Friday of last week and the Judge granted a four week extension for the Prosecution to come up with some sort of explanation for the debacle that is supposed to be the case against him. Its all looking good for Ricky at the moment but as we know from the Rettendon case the Appeal court doesn’t always look at matters with its eyes wide open. It is hoped that at the next hearing (in three weeks) Ricky will be granted a re-trial – something we are confident he will win.

2. The Rettendon case: The CCR has lodged all of the Appeal papers and Steele and Whomes are just awaiting notice from the Court of appeal re a hearing. For reasons I have been asked not to go in to, I am not at liberty to say much more other than things are going better than Steele and Whomes could have hoped. This is thanks to the sterling work carried out by Chris Bowen a genuine guy (Solicitor) who has worked on their behalf without payment for years.

3. Paddy Conroys book: In the Name of My Father. This is without doubt the funniest and most gripping true crime story I have ever heard. Forget McIntyres (fookin) documentary, Paddys life has been quite incredible. I am thoroughly enjoying putting his words down on paper and hope to have it finished in the next few weeks. This story is a film waiting to be made!

4. Essex Boy: Last Man Standing. Steve `Nipper` Ellis and I signed a contract with Mainstream Publishing this week for this book. They have given me a tight deadline (January 31st) but I am confident I can have it done by then. Nipper is without doubt the real deal and has a great story to tell about his time with the Essex Boys firm and later the New Generation Firm.

5. Faces. Photographer and friend Brian Andersons Father is unwell and so we have taken a bit of a much needed break from meeting people for the book. We did a bit in Newcastle on Monday but are getting back into it full time in December as we have eleven really interesting people lined up in London. It will definitely be two books now and (I think) will become a bit of timeless piece of work in the book world.

6. Last but by no means least, after a bit of a whirlwind romance the beautiful Roshea Tierney and rather jaded O`Mahoney have decided to marry early next year. Roshea`s an extremely funny, caring person, a talented singer and bit of a sort so who can blame me for wanting to? Life is short, so why wait is how we both feel about the matter. The last four years have been dark and so I think I deserve a tomorrow.