Notorious Liverpool gangster on bomb blast that triggered full-blown war across city

A reformed gangland killer has lifted the lid on a car bomb attack on a rival firm that sparked open warfare on Liverpool's streets.

The reckless henchman had filled the car with explosives and various bits of metal that would turn into deadly shrapnel when the bomb went off. He parked it outside the Lynch family’s flagship nightclub, which was called 051.“It was described as a the biggest blast on mainland Britain since the IRA ceasefire,” Darren recalled. “That day was the beginning of a period in Liverpool that no one likes to speak about even now.

“We've got our group and then we've got a little group that associates with us, and they have started taking a massive dislike to the tactics that the police are using on us.” "It was really lucky that the bomb didn't go off," he told The Guardian. "It would have caused catastrophic injuries and it could have led to fatalities.

Andy Cooke, the Chief Constable of Merseyside Police, said that the gang rivalry saw 10 fatal shootings, and over 100 weapon discharges in 2004 alone.

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