You probably don't want to mess with Luigi "Baby Shacks" Manocchio, an 83-year-old Italian gentleman with puppy-dog eyes who has pleaded not guilty to charges of extorting cash "protection" payments from New England's strip clubs for the past two decades.

Manocchio, who owes his nickname to his taste in women (he likes them young and skinny), is the reputed head of the Patriarca family, an underworld organisation which controls much of Rhode Island. 26 Jan, 2011 5:30am Independent