An Irish gangster was arrested by armed police for threatening to shoot two brothers in the head as part of a blackmail plot over £330,000 in unpaid debt.
Darren McLean, 38, who has links to Limerick's infamous McCarthy-Dundon gang, was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment on Friday at Wood Green Crown Court and received another five years for unrelated offences.
The court heard how two brothers travelled to London in July 2020 and were subjected to blackmail threats over the huge sum, during which McLean threatened to splatter their brains 'all over the road'.
After taking the pair captive and holding them at a travellers' site at Smithy Fen, Cambridgeshire, they were made to wash with Dettol spray and were forced to call their relatives to get over £300,000 to secure their release.
Anne Whyte KC and Eloise Emanuel prosecuted. McLean was jailed for 15 years.
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Anne Whyte KC
Eloise Emanuel