The Whitney gang were a notorious family gang from the

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. In November 2011, the family and their associates were sentenced to a total of 82 years in prison for conspiracy to supply

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, with individual sentences ranging from two to nine years.

Members

Whitney family

* Carol Whitney * Leslie Whitney * Lisa Whitney * Paul Whitney * Anthony "Tony" Whitney * Gary Whitney (deceased 2006)

Associates

* Emma Mackenzie * Mary McCabe * Gary Edwards * Thomas Dowd deceased * Michael O'Toole * Matthew Nayor * Neil Brady * Craig Rees * Rodney Rees * Wayne Hincks * Michael Waters

Conviction and imprisonment

All members were jailed for a total of 82 years in November 2011. The last member to be extradited from Spain was Anthony "Tony" Whitney from his home in

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where he got mixed up in another smuggling plot, and was apprehended for smuggling 50,000 tablets of an ecstasy-type substance. Emma Mackenzie was sentenced to 834 days in prison – a "significantly shorter and more lenient sentence" than she could have expected if not for her two-year-old daughter. She was subsequently released from court, having already served half her sentence on remand.

References

Organizations established in the 1980s 1980s establishments in England Organizations disestablished in 2011 2011 disestablishments in England Organised crime groups in England Gangs in Liverpool {{Crime-stub