please log in to view this image US authorities have captured James 'Whitey' Bulger, an alleged crime boss who was wanted since 1995 for a string of murders. The FBI said a recent publicity campaign had generated a tip that led agents to arrest Mr Bulger, 81, and his long-time companion Catherine Greig, 60, 'without incident'. It did not provide further details on the circumstances of the arrest, which was made at a residence in Santa Monica, California, early yesterday evening. Mr Bulger, who has been indicted for 19 murders, was the inspiration for Jack Nicholson's character in Martin Scorsese's film 'The Departed'. The FBI began airing public service announcements on Tuesday that were focused on Ms Greig - a former dental hygienist said to frequent beauty salons - whom law enforcement agents believed would lead them to Mr Bulger. It had offered a $100,000 reward for information on her whereabouts and a $2m reward for information leading to the arrest of Mr Bulger. It was the largest reward the FBI has ever offered for a Top Ten domestic fugitive. The FBI said on its 'Ten Most Wanted' website that Mr Bulger had been sought for a string of murders from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s 'in connection with his leadership of an organized crime group'. It said his gang 'allegedly controlled extortion, drug deals, and other illegal activities in the Boston, Massachusetts, area'. Mr Bulger had used a number of aliases during years on the run, the FBI said before the arrest, adding that he 'has a violent temper and is known to carry a knife at all times'. The FBI said both Mr Bulger and Ms Greig, who is only accused of harbouring a known fugitive, would appear in court in Los Angeles today. Before their capture in California, the last credible sighting of the pair was in London in 2002. Mr Bulger is thought to have travelled extensively in the US, Europe, Canada and Latin America. It's a sad day when a Goodfella gets taken down
Wasn't there some sort of fuss when those two kids killed this bloke when he was a toddler back in the 90s?
Speaking of Jamie Bulger, not sure if this is just an urban myth, but apparently John Venables lives near me in Salford. I bet his dad Terry isn't happy with the way junior has turned out.
I remember reading about this guy on the most wanted website. He sounded like a dodgy character, glad the **** is behind bars.
Notorious mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger was sentenced Thursday to two consecutive life sentences plus five years for his conviction in a string of murders, as well as racketeering, extortion, money laundering, obstruction of justice and narcotics distribution, during a reign of terror in the 1970s and '80s in South Boston. "Your conduct merits the most severe penalty," U.S. federal Judge Denise Casper said in handing down the sentence. "The scope, the callousness, the depravity of your crimes, are almost unfathomable," she said in a public tongue-lashing of the former boss of the Winter Hill Gang. "Your crimes were all the more heinous because they were all about money," Casper said. "Make no mistake, it takes no business acumen to take money from folks on the other end of the gun." The judge also ordered $19.5 million restitution for Bulger's victims. U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz said later that prosecutors would be "expansive" in going after what assets they can. Bulger, who refused to look at the victims during a sentencing hearing Wednesday, stared at the judge as she blasted his brutal life of crime, including killings at close range. His only comment was to answer, softly, "yes," when asked if he was aware he had the right to appeal. It was a short but dramatic end to the long-running saga of the 84-year-old mobster, who was arrested by the FBI in Santa Monica, Calif., along with his girlfriend, after 16 years on the run. "The testimony of human suffering that you and your associates inflicted on others was at times agonizing to hear and painful to watch," Casper said. Prosecutors had asked her for the stiff sentence that was imposed in accordance with sentencing guidelines. Bulger's lawyers had declined to recommend a sentence, saying Bulger believes his trial was a ''sham.'' Dan Doherty, a member of the prosecution team, disagreed. "Today is the end result of (a) 20-year odyssey," Doherty said after the hearing. "I think for the families' sake as well as everyone involved, it was a just end." Bulger was convicted in August for 11 of the 19 killings he was charged with participating in. The jury acquitted him in seven killings and issued a ''no finding'' in the murder of 26-year-old Debra Davis, the girlfriend of his former partner, Stephen ''The Rifleman'' Flemmi. Tommy Donahue, whose father, Michael Donahue, was killed by Bulger 31 years ago, told reporters after the sentencing that he thought it was fitting that a man "afforded so much freedom had those basic freedoms taken away." "That old bastard is finally going to prison and is going to die in prison," he said. "It's a bittersweet feeling, but it's a damn good feeling." Casper handed down the sentence one day after a wrenching hearing that included statements by 12 family members who lost fathers, husbands and siblings to gang violence decades ago. They called Bulger a ''terrorist,'' a ''punk'' and ''Satan'' as he sat stone-faced and refused to look at them. The family members "are the ones who have had to live their lives without their fathers, their husbands, their brothers and their sisters," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian Kelly. "It's all thanks to this defendant, James Bulger. … To him, human life meant nothing." Bulger's trial laid bare a life of crime, corruption and unsavory deals between the federal government and the mobster. Corrupt FBI agents took bribes from Bulger, tipped him off to threats and turned a blind eye to his violent crimes. Under FBI pressure, the Justice Department removed Bulger — a key informant on the crime underworld in Boston — from an indictment in the late 1970s, leaving him free to participate in murders. Former Boston FBI agent John Connolly Jr. — Bulger's handler when he was an informant — tipped the gangster ahead of an indictment, prompting Bulger to flee Boston. Connolly was later sentenced to 10 years in prison. During his trial, Bulger claimed that a now-deceased federal prosecutor had given him immunity to commit crimes in exchange for Bulger's offer to protect him from the Mafia. The judge rejected that claim as a defense. Defense attorney J.W. Carney said Bulger would appeal the judge's ruling at the outset of the trial that he could not testify about his arrangement with law enforcement authorities that he viewed as an immunity deal. Hank Brennan, Bulger's other defense attorney, said he had a "continuing feeling of discontent" over how the prosecution was carried out, especially the use of killers as prosecution witnesses. He also called for accountability for those in law enforcement who were also culpable. "Why in the world do we now have a handful of murderers walking the street to get one man?" he asked. Brennan suggested that law enforcement narrowly went after his client "to cover up the complicity" of others. Prosecutors addressed the FBI's malfeasance head-on, saying it should not have a bearing on Bulger's sentencing. "The stupidity and dishonesty of FBI agents like John Connolly and John Morris don't excuse Bulger's savagery," Kelly told Casper. "They don't give him a basis for any leniency."
Former Rangers players Maurice Edu and Kyle Bartley have told a court they were "intimidated" and "shocked" after receiving racist tweets. "I thought it's 2012, I just thought society had got over these sorts of commentsâ Kyle Bartley Former Rangers player The players - who have since left the club - were sent the messages by Michael Convery on Twitter after a game against St Johnstone in Perth on 14 January, 2012. Celtic fan, Convery, from the Linthouse area of Glasgow, was found guilty of sending the racist remarks. The players gave evidence at his trial. Bartley, 22, told Glasgow Sherriff Court he found the messages "intimidating" and thought that "society had got over these sorts of comments". US international Edu, 27, described feeling shocked on seeing the messages he had been sent. Although none of the messages were read out in full in open court, it was heard that Bartley was sent a direct comment from Convery and mentioned in a second one and Edu was sent two direct comments. The players saw the tweets while travelling home from the match on the team bus. 'So much hate' Bartley said: "I actually re-tweeted the tweet. It allowed the public eye to see the comments, and I reported it to David Martin, who is head of security at Glasgow Rangers." The court heard the word "monkey" was used. Bartley said it was "a comment he was used to". Procurator fiscal depute Jonathan Kemp asked how he felt on receiving them and the witness said: "I just felt a little bit hurt and disappointed really. "I thought it's 2012, I just thought society had got over these sorts of comments. "Obviously I don't know Michael Seamus Convery, I didn't understand why he would have so much hate for me." Bartley was asked about another racist comment which mentioned his name, but wasn't sent directly to him. He said he found it "very insulting". Edu said he was shocked and embarrassed when he saw the first message that was sent to him. He told the court that later that day, after receiving another message, he was still shocked and said: "I think that time was when I re-tweeted". The court heard that, in his police interview, Convery told officers he had been suffering from food poisoning and was drifting in and out of sleep in his house on the date of the offence. He told the court he suspected his teenage CELTIC MAD son was to blame, although claimed he did not see any comments being posted. But he accepted the messages came from his Blackberry phone and his Twitter account. The court heard that there had been searches on Google, hours after the tweets were sent, for "How to delete Twitter". Convery was branded an "unreliable" witness by Sheriff Valerie Johnston. She deferred sentence until next month and continued bail. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...-west-24949377 please log in to view this image
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