The Met Office has warned warned Greater Manchester to expect a 'damp and drizzly' weekend. Following days of sunshine, showers and cloud returned on Friday (June 28).
26.06.2024 - 13:13 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Former gang leader Daniel Gee has been arrested in Greater Manchester after more than a month on the run. The former Merseyside gangster, who turned his own estate into a 24 hour drug trading zone, absconded from Kirklevington Grange prison in North Yorkshire on May 27.
Merseyside Police, who took over the investigation from Cleveland Police, confirmed to the Liverpool Echo today, Wednesday, June 26 that he was detained yesterday in Wigan. The Echo understands Gee was found in the New Springs area of the town.
A spokesperson for Merseyside Police today said he is currently in police custody and will be returned to prison.
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Gee was originally jailed on an indeterminate sentence for the public's protection in 2010 following his conviction for gun offences after he plotted to arm himself to take revenge against a teenager. The courts heard he had plotted to arm himself after making death threats to 16-year-old gunman Jamie Starkey.
Gee was seriously injured after being shot by Starkey, which happened outside an Anfield pub in the early hours, with one of the bullets piercing his stomach and lung before going out his back. In a trial in October 2009, Gee was found guilty of two counts of threats to kill and another two of blackmail.
Jurors were unable to agree on the two more serious charges of conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to possess firearms and ammunition. As his second trial was about to start, Gee, formerly of Maryport Close, Everton, admitted the second charge. Prosecutor Ian Unsworth KC said Gee's desire for revenge "knew no bounds".
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