Appeals court upholds NY ‘Mafia cops’ conviction

NEW YORK — An appeals court has upheld the murder conspiracy convictions of two former NYPD detectives who led double lives as hit men for the mob.
In an opinion issued Friday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found “no merit” to the appeal by “Mafia cops” Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa.
Eppolito had claimed he [...]

Life after prison for ex gangland boss Terry Adams

The world into which Terry Adams, Britain’s most notorious gangster, emerged on his release from prison 19 days ago is going to be almost unrecognisable to him.
Although only three-and-a-half years have passed since the 55-year-old was sent down, his life will never be the same again. Whisked away from Spring Hill Open Prison in Buckinghamshire [...]

Gangsters’ families lose billboard fight

The families of Manchester’s most dangerous gangsters have dropped a claim for compensation after police put up billboards thanking the community for helping to convict them.
After killers Colin Joyce and Lee Amos were jailed for gang-related murder, police marked the conviction with huge posters showing how the pair would age behind bars.
The billboards thanked the [...]

I’ve found God, says freed gangster Noonan

One of Manchester’s most notorious gangsters has been freed early from jail – and claims he has found God and changed his life.
Domenyk Noonan was described by the judge who jailed him in 2005 as a ‘very dangerous man who is clearly a risk to the public’. But Noonan, 45, who has been let out [...]

Brooklyn baker’s mob hit sentence overturned for the second time!

A Brooklyn baker convicted of a mob hit walked out of prison a free man Friday after an appellate court overturned his 2008 conviction.
It was the second time Mario Fortunato, 63, serving a 15-to-life sentence for helping murder a Luchese crime family loanshark at a Williamsburg social club in 1994, had his case overturned.
“The game [...]