Thug who scalped woman helped source weapons for gang boss

A notorious gang enforcer with a history of violence across Merseyside and Europe helped source grenades and a firearm for his boss after his stash house was raided.

However, fearing for the safety of the gang's targets - who weren't responsible for the robbery - law enforcement stepped in and arrested them. But looking back at Woodford's history paints a worrying picture - one of a man completely unafraid of using the most devastating violence if it benefited him.

It's believed it was after his release from prison that Woodford fell in with the Coggins organisation. Woodford operated in both Amsterdam and Spain, and a European Arrest Warrant was issued for him in 2008. He was extradited from Holland to Spain but then released without charge. Jason Osu - a 31-year-old pilot - was shot and killed outside his home on Beauclair Drive, Wavertree in November 2012. Two years later gunmen Delta cab driver Paul Croxton and Thomas White - and George McGovern - an organiser of the shooting - were jailed for life. Woodford went on trial the following year accused of organising the murder, as well as the attempted murder of another man, Darren Alcock, and involvement over a spate of shootings in Maghull.

Woodford's criminality went under the radar of law enforcement for a number of years, but following the EncroChat hack, police saw his involvement in the Coggins gang. The ECHO understands Woodford was supplied by the gang, and in turn was deployed by them as an enforcer. Armed police also visited an address linked to Vincent Coggins to issue a disruption notice - a warning not to engage in any criminal activity. Undeterred, he continued to set in motion plans to kill Brian Maxwell Jr, as well as two other men he believed were involved - Michael Eves and Iyobosa ‘Bosa’ Igbinovia. On May 28 Jarvis messaged Vincent Coggins alleged evidence that the pair considered incriminating the three men even further in the robbery.

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