Peckham Boss nabbed

[colaniran]

Source:

http://icsouthlondon.icnetwork.co.uk/

Peckham Boy's 'general' faces life behind bars Sep 21 2007 By Crime Reporter Leon Watson ONE of Britain's most feared gang generals - the leader of the notorious Peckham Boys - is facing life behind bars today.Underworld kingpin Marlon Granderson, 25, was caught after cops found a huge cache of guns and drugs - including a deadly "spray and pray" weapon - in a car.The arsenal had been stored in the boot and was seized in a raid launched by the Met's specialist anti-gang task force, Operation Hamrow.Officers, acting on a tip-off , uncovered: * a Mac 10 sub machine gun * three Makarov handguns * two silencers [* 379 rounds of ammunition * 62 hollow point bullets - designed to explode on impact * a quantity of gunpowder * 60,000 fake ecstasy pills * a solid block of cocaine worth £5,200.The lethal stash had been stored in two bags hidden in the blackedout Fiat Punto parked in Ashmore Close, Peckham, just round the corner from Granderson's mum's house in Nutt Street.Cops also found a Hallowe'en mask, gloves and a balaclava lying separately in the boot of the hatchback - which was registered in a false name - on July 17 last year.Police intelligence revealed Granderson was the boss of the Peckham Boys - a notorious gang linked to hundreds of drug and firearms offences in South London.But it took another three months to snare him.A police source said: "Granderson was really the top dog, the high-level criminal we had been looking for. When we realised we'd got him our officers were overjoyed."This is a highly dangerous individual who had to be taken off the streets. The Peckham Boys are a serious gang."Several of their top brass are serving lengthy prison sentences or have been remanded in custody for firearms offences."But Granderson is our most significant arrest by far."Ballistics experts linked all three handguns to six separate shootings between June 18 last year and August 17 this year - although police could not find evidence that Granderson was involved.Most of the victims, including a woman who was shot in the stomach on May 27, refused to assist police in their inquiries.To date, no one has been charged in connection with any of these incidents.Cops made the breakthrough when blood found on the barrel of the Mac 10 gun and on the outside of the rucksack was linked to Granderson.Granderson was finally nicked on October 17 last year. He was caught with nearly £1,000 in cash on him.But the Met's prime suspect had prepared a robust defence.He claimed the car belonged to his dead mate Anthony Williams, who had been using his home as a safehouse.Granderson also told Inner London Crown Court he was shot in the arm in what he believed was an attempted robbery in Tabard Street, Rotherhithe, on July 12 - which accounted for the blood.He said he had been discharged from hospital two days after the attack and, fearing for his life, decided to pack his bags and move out of Peckham.But Granderson told the jury that as he did so, he found the guns - which he thought were his mate's - and told Williams to leave.Granderson also denied any knowledge of the drugs.Two months after the "robbery", on September 12, Williams was murdered in a street brawl in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. Granderson knew this and went to his funeral.It meant when Granderson was arrested a month later, police could not quiz Williams, 20, on the claims to confirm or deny them.But officers investigating Granderson's claim he was robbed could find no evidence of the incident despite scouring CCTV footage of the scene and forensics experts carrying out a fingertip search of the scene.Police believe he accidentally shot himself moving or loading the guns.Granderson used his "ingenious" defence which relied on him shifting blame to a dead man who could not give evidence to deny all the allegations.But the gangster was found guilty of all eight charges after a six-day trial on August 22.These were possession of a Mac 10 with intent to endanger life, three handguns, two silencers, 62 hollow point bullets, 379 rounds of ammunition, possession of an explosive substance, possession of a firearm to supply class-A drugs and possession of class-A drugs with intent to supply.Granderson could be handed a maximum life sentence when he is due to appear in court today.Simon Clements, service sector director of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in South London, told the South London Press police had celebrated Granderson's capture.He said: "We are very pleased that a dangerous man has been convicted of these very serious offences."We hope that a prosecution such as this will reassure the community that the CPS with the help of the police can secure convictions."I would hope prosecutions such as this would encourage people to come forward and give evidence against people like this."We would expect today a substantial sentence will be passed for Granderson."

[zlastboss]

lol blacked out puntothese guys never learn

[Guest Wilson]

TAKE THE SCUM OFF THE STREETSWELL DONE POLICE , GOOD JOB

[Mr Q]

TAKE THE SCUM OFF THE STREETSWELL DONE POLICE , GOOD JOB

[SHOCKWAVE]

GD DAT HES LOCKED UP BUT LMAO AT DA ENGLISH USED IN DA ARTICLE - "NICKED" , "BLACKEDOUT" , " MATE"- COMES LIKE AN EPISODE OF EASTENDERS

[Sleepz]

TAKE THE SCUM OFF THE STREETSWELL DONE POLICE , GOOD JOB

[Uncle Fargas]

whats his road name?

[Lenny Jr.]

lmao

[Black Ant]

whats his road name?

prisoner 98754

[Tom]

LMAO Gambit, how do they know he's the boss?!

[Leslie Nielsen]

no doubt some fake wanksta will claim to know him on here.

[colaniran]

whats his road name?

das wot im tryin to find out

[younger_lew]

guy sounds serious man, glad these type of idiots are slowly getting shifted off the streetsimagine having roadrage with my man and he pulls out a Mac 10 packed with hollow tips and a silencer, you mud?

[streets.]

The lethal stash had been stored in two bags hidden in the blackedout Fiat Punto

hardly the actions of a top boss.

[GoldCoast]

some slacking movements, top bosses don't get nabbed like that

[skankin' out]

peckham boys are greazy still

[Beavis]

Baa, its scum like him thats responsible for all this fake ecstasy goin about the UK

[Mr. Euphoria]

Good.Can do without these criminals.Peckham boys. KMT

[Guest Vegeta]

TAKE THE SCUM OFF THE STREETSWELL DONE POLICE , GOOD JOB

[Ashman.]

No ones getting away with sh*t anymore...YOU ARE BEING WATCHED!!!!ME TOO!!!

[Superstition]

no doubt some fake wanksta will claim to know him on here.

Me and him used to play Bridge twice a month stillMan could crossruff and squeeze with the best of them. (No homo)

[Gray Fox]

Shame.

[Savant]

* a Mac 10 sub machine gun * three Makarov handguns * two silencers * 379 rounds of ammunition * 62 hollow point bullets - designed to explode on impact * a quantity of gunpowder

Wowzers.More prepared than Jack Bauer.

[Kurtis]

lol blacked out puntothese guys never learn

[CRLS AGAIN]

SICK GUYBlamed it all on a dead guyI bet he thought he was going to get away with it tooHow can be rolling like that in some bait whip, when you're a bait guy as-well