His stories were wild at times, but I never doubted he has been involved in some stuff back in the day.

@Yogi

I see you're from Newcastle. I read a book on Newcastle gangland called "Fog Upon The Tyne". It's mostly about the feud between the Conroy, Sayers and Harrison crime families. The story at times was ridiculously over the top (especially when it came to the Harrisons). It also sometimes felt like it was written from Conroy's viewpoint and it makes the Sayers family look bad. But when I read other reports on them it seems to me that the Sayers family are bigger, better connected and more organized criminals than the Conroys are.