The Two Gangster Families Who Battled For Control Of Newcastle | British Gangsters | Absolute Crime

The Conroy and Sayers Families' lived in relative harmony within Newcastle until the drug-fuelled 90s led to a mindless street war of violence. Featuring interviews with Paddy Conroy, Billy Robinson, Kenny ‘Panda’ Anderson, Viv Graham Jnr, Mike ‘The Bull’ Bullock, Brian ‘The Taxman’ Cockerill
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[@K.V.P14]

Great documentary, being from the town and growing up in the 90s I heard all about this and know people affected by stuff brought up. Well done 👏

[@exposureuk5170]

Isn't that the familiar accent of a police informant. Used to work a certain door of a notorious Essex nightclub.

[@johnmann6287]

Yes o mohanie dirty grass

[@cammos]

Sure is bro the dirty rat

[@dididonk9762]

Even grassing up Carlton Leach now too

[@robhayter484]

Yes Bernard o bullshit

[@billywhelan1428]

Your most likely a grass yourself

[@srpntnova]

I love the fact that you show things as they are, especially the language, but in return you get interviews others have no access to. I guess you're one of the best if not the best. You certainly got what apprears to be very handsome funds! 💰That's wonderful.

[@jaynewton5278]

It's good to hear your voice again, Mr Bernard.

[@paulmorganmorgan7541]

Great video bernard 👏

[@asullivan4047]

Interesting and informative

[@mirabiledictu3526]

Miami Dolphins brought me here

[@thesausagecontinuim1971]

f'kin good vid mate!... im fae edinburgh but spent a few good years in the n.east... good people and good times... HOWAYYY THE LADS

[@shadow-Sun]

I served in the Royla Marine commandos for over 15 years and violence and stories of violence and wild incidents I could tell would fill two books long retired now ' but I will say this people will always be facinated by this stuff it's human nature , so these gangster stories etc are never going to fade away 50 years and 10'000 books written about the Kray twins FFS , says it all really .

[@barry-ox6bj]

Thanks for your service mate my dad was 45 you boys are a different breed.

[@robs2000]

15 years in and u can't spell Royal ?

[@shadow-Sun]

@@robs2000 ahh the spelling Troll appears, what a bellend mate get a life .and move out of your mothers basement .

[@katherinecollins4685]

Interesting video

[@AnneAndersonFoxiepaws]

This is really entertaining! I know some terrible things were done but, listening to them talk about the old days in their dialects is great! It brings the story to life!

[@rexmundi1812]

Gangster legends, living in council houses, spending their state pensions, buying their clothes from sports direct!

[@grahampenthouse6037]

Shell suit gangsters... not quite Peaky Blinders...

[@mariewhite7693]

Nailed it

[@malcolmroberts2467]

The real man is one that gets up everyday for workand looks after is family and pays for them and makes is children behave and grow up with morals

[@j.wwilson4866]

@@malcolmroberts2467 real man fights in army and sacrifices himself for world

[@walkaz]

@@j.wwilson4866 that would be a brainwashed sheep these days

[@heimihenderson4543]

Big Bri Cockerill is the world’s strongest man, undefeated in more than 10,000 street fights, NHL linebacker with the Miami Dolphins, WWE wrestler, Britain’s hardest man of all time, his hands are officially classified as deadly weapons by the police, professional rally driver and the 6th hardest man in the world.

[@OdinzEinherjar]

He'd scramble you up with his eggs though.

[@dtiebel9794]

You forgot he was a fireman aswell.

[@heimihenderson4543]

@@OdinzEinherjar along with a daily diet of 4 coffees 9 slices off toast 3 eggs 2 chips a further 3 coffees 1 water 1 horse a further 3 coffees a biscuit 1 a further bottle of water, two chicken fried rice, one beef chow mein, 2 egg and chips, 8 coffees, 4 buns, 10 slices of toast, one chicken curry and a bowl of sugar puffs

[@johnkeanan8781]

Lolol

[@jamielee9350]

@@heimihenderson4543 You forgot the orange juice 🤣🤣🤣

[@dididonk9762]

Being a bully or willing too use weapons doesn't make you a hard man in my eyes

[@artfasil]

Is a soldier hard ? It is just about survival in a certain strata of society.

[@WorldCupWillie]

If you're 11st and some 20st monster is coming after me. Sorry, I'm not abiding by the queensberry rules.

[@elliotpotter5340]

When he says ‘a sock made of leather’ Does he mean a shoe?

[@alex-E7WHU]

Hahahaha, nice one.😂

[@MegaScumbucket]

All that kind of life will bring you is misery and suffering. Sure you might have money and fake respect out of fear but eventually it will catch up with you one way or another.

[@dididonk9762]

IM A BIT CONCUSHOUS 🤣🤣🤣 NICE WORDS FROM PADDY BEING ATTACKED BY SAYERS

[@kdlofty]

Brian Cockerill is the Carl Froch of the underworld.

[@theJuggler07]

😂😂😂😂

[@jonnyfungus]

Cockerill fought 90 thousand men at once at won

[@AethelwulfOfNordHymbraLand2333]

​@@jonnyfungus90 thousand men armed with Kalashnikovs.

[@franceslafferty7693]

Silence is a mans best friend

[@jamesfoo8999]

Yet you commented anyway? 🤣

[@TheBigp767]

At his peak and prime bri was an utter beast ... he was the real deal..

[@niezohe7392]

What about the tale of Scott Waters from Sunderland for an episode?

[@kenneththompson8933]

He hit uz an I was a bit concushus 🤯🤣🤣

[@joelhall5124]

I don't know what it is about these aging gangsters that annoys me so much. I think it's the whole being the hardest most violent bloke thing, that they use as a brag, and don't realise it just makes them scum. Plus a lot of them don't half embellish their stories

[@anonymousone6075]

Big men in a little pond... Feral youth of today make these look like saints anyway

[@capone6014]

Theirs a difference between organised crime and melts of today but u wouldn't know the difference so I won't bother explaining

[@gowdsake7103]

Exactly they are vile and ignorant

[@anonymousone6075]

@@capone6014 Actually I grew up near where Colin Gunn lived in Nottingham. and he makes these plonkers look like amateurs

[@bigdog4865]

@@anonymousone6075 sayers are a tasty firm that’s a fact pal

[@theculturedthug6609]

It's always Past glories... But I suppose the modern version of these guys couldn't do something like this.

[@Primal_Primat3]

Its impossible to opperate so openly in this day and age. Well if you want to last any real length of time outside.

[@kevlyth1712]

Just get shot in the face by a 14 year old these days

[@starsstudio8339]

You have a nice narration voice. Lot better than that "Danny Dyer" :P

[@scott6926]

big brian cockerell tells a fight story and gives you the opponents height weight and the injuries his opponent sustained

[@mauriceosullivan6832]

😂😂😂 but he hit his head into the door (REALLY HARD)

[@scott6926]

@@mauriceosullivan6832 😅😅😅

[@michaelbridge4717]

He also rips metal bollards out the ground to beat Duffy up with 😂😂

[@jasmine66666666]

He was just an enforcer for the police cockeril thays all he done onformed and bullied peaple making abit money though he was just jealous but he was the law the fool hahaha

[@jasmine66666666]

Cockeril was like a.wannaba be batman.thats more like it hahaja

[@alex-E7WHU]

Who was responsible for the hearse on dunston footy clubs pitch recently? Seems like the sayers have upset someone who might just end the lot of them.

[@IronMountainx]

Tough.... yes The future of humanity..... No Nothing but negativity from these people, this is not how humanity has developed, all they do is take form those true tough men who get up every day and work an honest days work.

[@carlosdeno]

Cockerell is absolutely thick as mince and his embellished stories are pure comedy.

[@jamesfoo8999]

well done, repeat what you've read. Really clever, ironically

[@carlosdeno]

@@jamesfoo8999 Princess I’d stay off the prawn cocktail crisps, they definitely don’t agree with you.

[@jamesfoo8999]

@@carlosdeno Awesome reply, well done

[@Hugh_Jurrection]

Plot twist - he lost his eye sneezing next to a thorn bush.

[@John-zv9rz]

Only person who comes out of this looking respectable is the young kid at the end

[@TheWelwyn21]

What an existence the phoenix twins would have sorted all these families out

[@user-ru4rp2vx7o]

He didnt know lee thst long omg his storys brians

[@rdgrdg1632]

Oh dear

[@davt8615]

Tweddells, costellos, East end ♥️

[@tomburke8817]

What about capone

[@johnwilson783]

There's also the Harrison's from Newcastle there was eight son's

[@jonnyratcliffe514]

@johnwilson783 EIGHT sons fuck me thats an army was they the more violent ones

[@user-eg4oh8gd9f]

There was 7

[@somaliyardiedaDoN]

Paddy needs a bigger eye patch

[@dondraper2488]

Living that luxury high life….

[@jamesfoo8999]

Stop having an avatar that makes me wipe my monitor for no reason!!! 😃

[@garethdavies4189]

Guns are renown for going off without pulling a trigger

[@jonnyfungus]

Cockerill has learning difficulties

[@BrianCockerill007]

Jamie Boyle is snitch hiding in police safe house coward

[@mickythemack4558]

Vivian Graham was killed outside the queen's head on border road Wallsend not newcastle City center

[@brianchandler1365]

Who was she?

[@jamesfoo8999]

@@brianchandler1365 😂

[@djpaulsid]

Never heard of her

[@ElTomate_editz]

This is like Hatfield and McCoy

[@arfabarmcake2776]

He beat the police up and battered the crap out of everybody, but he was a good guy ??

[@paullangton-rogers2390]

19:22 This guy 'Conroy' with an eye-patch is smiling and laughing about an incident where armed rival gang criminals are firing guns into his house and at him and his daughter is walking towards the house. That tells you what kind of person you're dealing with who is fairly used to extreme violence and seems to get excited by it. For most people having people coming to kill you who mean business shooting bullets into your home and your children and family a few feet away is no laughing matter. Most sensible people would decide to the leave the area and think about their families safety.

[@christiphermeadows5348]

How wild were them times in the 90s...proper gritty n scary....fucking hell man...

[@gungnir01]

West end, the best end.. Believe.... 💯

[@paullangton-rogers2390]

I remember seeing a documentary about the notorious Kray twins firm that ran the Eastend of London and were well known for dishing out violence...they had criminal contacts in the North of England and tried to expand their criminal activitiies like pub slot machines and protection rackets beyond London into the North and setup pub meetings. However the Northern crime scene and established crime families there proved too violent even for the Krays! Particularly Scotland and Glasgow. The criminal gangs there were the worse even in the Krays era in late 1950's to early 1960's. Usually one or two rival families controlled entire cities and anyone who crossed them got slashed or hacked to pieces. These days its a free for all. London is the worse with so many rival gangs from all over the place, Albanians, Moroccans, Russian's, and inumerous rival Black and Asian gangs...all controlling niche areas and fighting to expand or maintain control. Knife and gun crime has skyrocketted in London since Khan became Mayor. London is the murder capital of the world worst than New York.

[@jameswheeler4915]

The police let a known gangster talk to someone who just shot someone dead come on now

[@gungnir01]

Absolutely, cops don't do anything like that, they don't set people up, don't rape woman, they never take bungs, they're such an honest bunch.. 🙄🤔 HAVE A WORD WITH YOURSELF FFS.. 😒😒😒

[@nojabs999]

How much are they worth today?

[@brianchandler1365]

Who's the pirate?

[@raynardhymen2139]

Weren't gonna subscribe until I heard Bernard's voice 🙌

[@blastproces]

He’s ok is big bad Bernie

[@MAli-pm2qg]

Subtitles would've been great! Didn't understand one word!

[@TheWelwyn21]

Really, I'm from London and I can understand every word ireckon your lying

[@MAli-pm2qg]

@@TheWelwyn21 you're hired!

[@robertmclean3612]

It’s all English why can’t u understand

[@MAli-pm2qg]

@@robertmclean3612 If the Queen was alive today, she would even struggle!

[@jamesfoo8999]

@@MAli-pm2qg why the fuck would the Queen from a posh family and upbringing be expected to understand gutterish Geordie? She's German anyway so there's that..

[@paullangton-rogers2390]

Newcastle is a lovely part of the country stunning countryside and very rural areas I used to spend a lot of time there decades ago with relatives who lived there and it seemed a much more innocent place. It's changed a lot since then with a criminal underbelly that seems to be a fusion of the nightclub scene, drugs and football hooliganism. There's a lot of serious criminal gangs and very dangerous individuals from Newcastle and the Northern part of England now, just like most other parts of UK unfortunately.

[@grahameeles9969]

Dog on dog, in the end, there all dogs

[@StanleyIpkiss8]

35:00 what’s he packing there

[@MrCocky73]

Did Paddy ever win a fight?

[@knighthawk3950]

Just say no to drugs nasty stuff Godbless

[@jamesfoo8999]

Say no to God. Religion nasty stuff, reason for 80% of wars.

[@northernsoul3485]

What about the Tams? Remember them and Sayers talked about as a kid, never heard Conroy until rise of celeb criminality.

[@bladerunner2255]

u never heard ov conroys how come?mustn't be from elswick or benwell conroys yoused have bother with Harrisons back in 90s.

[@manfredbazarov6417]

I think O`Mahoney made a passing reference to the Tams in one of his books but that was it. Theyre still out there causing mischief.

[@myhorsethesenet33]

I heard of none of these. I heard of the. Krays. The Richardson's. The Nash's , the arifs , the Adams family, David hunt ,

[@markbellew4194]

The tams 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bladerunner2255]

@@manfredbazarov6417 which book?

[@buckoxt]

Cockerill dressed like a 14 year old chav 😂🤣😂

[@v8cool231]

4:55.....I didn't understand a fucking word of that....not a thing. It was like a Gordie version of Gerald off Clarksons farm

[@jamesfoo8999]

lol. Basically, they weren't hard, didn't look hard, he squared up to them, and didn't care would have had a go without a problem

[@davidmitchell8247]

It's child's play grow up

[@bobholness203]

Geordie jumpers 👌🏻 Meffs

[@jasonbishop4247]

Didn't Paddy and Bernard fall out over a book deal. Apparently BO did the dirty on Paddy

[@patkearney9320]

Paddy thinks everyone is after him ! Mind you BOM would rob his mother.

[@christophirelad9636]

Bo done the dirty om every one,, supergrass

[@christophirelad9636]

@@justalittleyoutuber his done it for years

[@alex-E7WHU]

He was responsible for publishing the Essex boys mortuary slab photos.

[@Trollking911justis]

Drugs is the best. Love life. Gods call. Is he here. Our quiblble. God allows drugs for all they know.

[@Geordiboy666]

I’ve spoke with paddy many Tim’s he’s spot on ,

[@kennethmaher9615]

Subtitles pls

[@kelloggs77]

Whoever thought it was a good idea to get Jasper Carrot to voice this with sock in his mouth needs to take some time out to consider their actions.

[@peternagy-im4be]

West End Geordie almost unintelligible

[@requiscatinpace7392]

5:17 turn on the Closed Caption function. The subtitles are more jibberish than whatever that old guy’s trying to say. His teeth are too big for his head.

[@anthonydanaher2146]

couldnt understand a thing PANDA said as an aussie thats horrid lmao

[@TheClassifiedMan]

Comment section full of real gangsters as usual, talk a good game on the internet when in reality wouldn’t burst a grape in a fruit fight wouldn’t have the balls to stab a tyre😉😉

[@peternagy-im4be]

Stab. That's the problem. Cowards with weapons are not hard.

[@TheClassifiedMan]

@@peternagy-im4be i never said they were?

[@anonymous7176]

Well aye man. Well fucking said. All these motherfuckers aint got a fucking clue what the fuck there ganning on aboot

[@robertmclean3612]

Who really ordered the hit on viv ?

[@begby3092]

Gangsters don't tell you what they have done they don't do interviews these are muppets

[@paulsbuildingandpropetyyma544]

Live by violence die by violence...Half there lives in prison and looking over there shoulder there whole life , wife and kids with a dad and husband in prison....Is that a life ? Yes it's good money but it's got at a very high price ..

[@richie2072]

There is a difference between a gangster and a vilian and Viv was a vilian. No gangster

[@SamDoyle-gc8ci]

That guy talking about the Crays wouldn’t be speaking like that if they weren’t dead. “They could only fight” literally known for killing people point blank with all types of weapons

[@da90sReAlvloc]

@ Sam Doyle plus both were professional boxers so obviously knew how to use their fists

[@sirfairplay9153]

They might have been tough in the south, very different story up north, they would have been a joke!

[@mathewmole3346]

he 100% would and most likely did, the northerners are a different breed

[@rickyedwardslmt]

@@sirfairplay9153 for sure pal

[@justtango4741]

The kray's had to rely on weapons? They boxed a little in their youth. Both were 5'7 too. Hardly smashing machines.

[@brianquinn6014]

Comedy gold.😊😊😊

[@rayonism]

This needs captions 😅 my American ears are failing me with these gangsters

[@sophiejohnson7008]

The captions don’t help it can’t compute hahaha I’m from here and still can’t understand certain people in this

[@jamesfoo8999]

Gan on mayte ye sayin ye cannie understoond eet leek mayte?

[@kjeksklaus7944]

i'm from here, Siri doesn't work in my house

[@willlaw1672]

In another episode of this series a bloke who owns a boat said that Paddy Conroy threatened him and his family harm if he didn't go to Holland and smuggle drugs on his boat for him and his gang.

[@manfredbazarov6417]

Yeah, I think the poor bloke was later beaten within an inch of his life by some of Paddy's crew.

[@gungnir01]

He wasn't forced at all, he was a willing participant, he made plenty of money, got caught & played the " I was in fear of my life your honour." card.. Simple as... 💯🙄🤔

[@rickyedwardslmt]

Paddy is still a grass no doubt

[@gungnir01]

@@rickyedwardslmt It seems like you're just a hater fella, after all which family is on the ropes, getting attacked, chased from football matches, property smashed up.? Not paddy, if he were a grass it would be him going through all that, as the whole north east knows where he is, the north east knows where both families live, just saying..

[@TheClassifiedMan]

@@rickyedwardslmt the Sayers are grasses not Paddy, you seriously haven’t got a clue👍 the norm from people on the internet though isn’t it?

[@knighthawk3950]

ToonSters Man !

[@gazzaamsterdamaged1110]

i would love to ask conroy what 3+2 is

[@Tricky181]

Yellow

[@andymcneil7085]

Real men don’t need tools Ti f Ishtar with just their fists.

[@kirkmclean-vt3sd]

Brian is chuck Norris dad

[@rassawhelan6045]

Comedy gold

[@stu4223]

Now paddy hides away in a shed

[@gungnir01]

This is a fact... 💯 When you hide no one knows where you are, trust me, he's not hiding as the whole of the north east knows where the location of that shed is, so just to correct you he ain't hiding.. 🙄🤔

[@marcot4863]

Paddy is a old man..

[@gungnir01]

@@marcot4863 we all get old, fella, but The W. H. G still can't do fuck all with Paddy.. 💯 Enough said. 🙏

[@thomasboucher8432]

Big Davey Glover got bummed in wheelers by 1 cockerill hence men even ask cookie an Harris

[@johncar8461]

Paddy Conroy and Michael Bulloch have recently befriended Viv Grahams Former Partner, no doubt to keep an aye on the Case.

[@Appnin89]

The Krays went to Newcastle in 1969? They were serving 30-year prison sentences by then

[@tomshearon2831]

Yeah that geezer is full of shit

[@grahampenthouse6037]

oh yeah... they got arrested in 1968...

[@jacquelinemole6509]

@@grahampenthouse6037 It's a known fact the Krays came to Newcastle & they got chased, gutted us geordies wouldn't take any of there shite... 👌💯 That's an absolute fact. 💯 🙏

[@LJ-MMA]

​@@jacquelinemole6509 same in Manchester

[@jacquelinemole6509]

@@LJ-MMA 👌...

[@jameswaddell4467]

😂😂 thay guys an absolute banger

[@theduke8362]

Ernie Bewick gave it to Billy Robinson twice.

[@gungnir01]

Yeah & the W. H. G gave it to each other over & over plenty of times, copious amounts of man love, let that sink in.. That's what he said. 🙄🤔

[@bigdog4865]

@@gungnir01 whg ?????

[@gungnir01]

@@bigdog4865it's a moniker that has been given to a well known family of villains (3 Brothers) who are allegedly police informers, who like their namesake gang in America, also called The Winter Hill Gang. James "Whitey" Bulger, leader of the Winter Hill Gang, worked with the authorities (namely the FBI) in giving information against other criminal gangs/groups & it's been said that this group of brothers from the north east are also working with authorities, namely NCIS.. Enough said. 🙏

[@GG-jw8pt]

They are all gangsters until they visit ireland!

[@calmck3164]

There's a difference between gangsters and gang bangers and irland is full ov gang banger kids.

[@calmck3164]

Most The real gangsters you have never herd of and live in dubai not ireland.

[@ryanthompson8029]

Shut up you mug

[@chiefrocka8604]

Ireland will be 🥷🏿 the way it’s going Forget St Patrick’s day it’ll be St Mohammed and you’ll wish it was like the old days when you just moaned about the 🇬🇧

[@Lucifer2.0287]

The real gangsters are government, the system ,

[@truelovex]

I think the harra who done pads brother was Charlie harra and he died in a car crash but was ment to be hard as fuck and the next big name

[@truelovex]

@Grim Reaper deffo .

[@truelovex]

@Grim Reaper mind you viv done him

[@jamesclark1682]

In the end, they all lived a lie. Father's, mothers and thier children. Daddy's little soldiers.

[@TheJimbojetset1]

i bet they looked really terrifying in there shell suits

[@selfpreservationsociety]

Hey there saville row shell suits

[@PROPHETS-BAIN]

​@@selfpreservationsocietyJimmy Saville more like

[@jameswheeler4915]

Why not get the person who was going to pay the guy to dig up the grave but instead they kidnap a smackhead real hard men I guess

[@Cassarolex]

Gangsters don't beg for bird food

[@brianchandler1365]

Where's the parrot?

[@jap7384]

doing a bit of bird, word is he's singing and is going to get clipped

[@auditingsocialservicesuk]

If that's what you think of the KRAYs, then you should have done something about it, then whilst you looked the men, in the eye.

[@extractengineeringltd]

Hang on which eye needs the patch

[@williamwallace4924]

Why don’t they get a proper job. There is plenty of vacancies in supermarkets bus drivers bin men traffic wardens, or are they just lazy.

[@SailingPantera]

Used to live in Newcastle for years in the byker wall 😂 what a dump. Knew some of these guys too 👍🏿 let alone all the dodgey things going on there as its difficult to not partake in crime whilst your living here. Also the samurai sword and knife attacks going on in Newcastle is a common thing, I lost count of how many people I've witnessed day or night who were taxed or killed by mall ninja shit like this. The place is absolutely bonkers many are armed with rifles and pistols and they live in tower blocks perfect for sniping people whenever they would like too. Guessing it's the same as all cities to be fair.

[@jamesjones3371]

Byker grove hoeay man chatting shite

[@stephenmcgee87]

People being sniped in Newcastle? 🤣 go back to bed bro

[@SailingPantera]

@@stephenmcgee87 it's OK if you don't understand what I am saying as you would just be the ignorant victim which is completely fine and acceptable.

[@stephenmcgee87]

@@SailingPantera shut up ya donkey - nobody gets sniped in Newcastle, I know everything and everyone here - you get stabbed here not sniped

[@stephenmcgee87]

@@phil8528 I have no idea what he’s talking about either, the odd fight and the odd knife crime and he’s on about people getting sniped out of blocks of flats 😅 watching too many movies

[@moneymitch4876]

Both of them are known grasses

[@rocky3268]

🫣🤣🤣🤣🤣💯✋🏻✌🏻