In 2015 they finally closed the Jessop flyover <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It had been built with sub-standard materials <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And had been falling down for many years <\/p>\n\n\n\n
During its demolition two skeletons were found <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hidden in the low level supports
The Parker Twins disappeared in early 1965<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both were known to the police having served time <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was thought that they had returned to Ireland<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This was followed up after the remains were found <\/p>\n\n\n\n
After careful analysis it was determined <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That these were the skeletons <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of Shaun and William Parker
Although I had retired I was the only copper left <\/p>\n\n\n\n
From that era who had a knowledge of the gangs <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So I was asked to help with the investigation
There were two gangs operating in the mid sixties <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Wise Gang and The Bennett Gang <\/p>\n\n\n\n
They tended to control the turf but tolerated each other <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That was the word on the street at the time <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But then came the Club Nero fire <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Which was Trevor Wise’s pride and joy <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had my suspicions that another gang had moved in <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the Bennett’s did not work like this <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There was a Maltese gang that was running girls nearby <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But they did not seem to have any connection
When the tests came back it was found that both of the twins <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Had died in and around the time that they had disappeared <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both had been shot in the back of the head gangland style <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Which made me think of Trevor Wise as Mattie Ling <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Was killed in the same way a couple of years later <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was a small time crook who had crossed Wise and paid the price <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But this could not be proved and the case never went to court
My major problem was that Trevor Wise had died in 1980 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I never really bought into this story because of its convenience <\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the time some very big foreign gangsters were moving in <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Bennett’s were soon bought out but Wise was a problem <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although the streets were very quiet the rats were moving in the sewers
After the murder of Patsy Byrne who was Wise’s second in charge <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trevor went to live with his widowed sister in Spain <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was reported that he was terminally ill with a tumour <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything went quiet until his death was reported in late 1980 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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To be frank although life was much easier with both gangs gone <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And that the foreign gangs were more or less arresting themselves <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I still thought Trevor was alive and had reinvented himself elsewhere
Because of the discovery of the Parker twins we interviewed his sister <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who stuck to the accepted story <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He died in Malaga from a brain tumour and was cremated <\/p>\n\n\n\n
His ashes were scattered in the sea
To be truthful the police lost interest quite quickly <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And I think that a lot of the investigation was conducted<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the benefit of the cameras as nostalgia still sold papers <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I had done my bit and was quietly released <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The police had changed beyond my experience <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the worse in certain ways as much of it is too cerebral
Just good old fashioned policing a hunch here a grass there <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many of the bad guys were caught that way <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was a man from yesterday a relic of the past
To be truthful I did not really care for Trevor Wise <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was a ruthless cold blooded gangster <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But he had style as when I was in hospital <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I received a get well card from him <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That was many years ago when Margaret was small <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She is now a teacher in a West London school <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And when I visited her a couple of weeks ago <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She handed me card had been forwarded to her by Bertie Briggs <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The card had a Sunderland postmark <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was from Trevor Wise inviting me for a game of chess <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Which was a shared passion <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On my next visit to Spain
Although it might have been beneficial to the investigation <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I did not pass it on <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
James Packer <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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