Strand Gang member Joey Thompson was 32 when ... Avenue and also known as the Nogga Dogs, and the Croxteth 'Crocky' Crew - waged war as they laid claim to slithers of proclaimed territory.

Croxteth and Norris Green were new estates ... which spawned violent turf and murderous gang wars, the most recent claiming the life of Liam Smith, 19, who was shot dead as he left Altcourse ...

The murder of Rhys Jones stunned Liverpool in 2007. And 13 years on, the events of that fateful August day still loom large in the area of Croxteth where little Rhys took his final breath after ...

a gang which operated in nearby Croxteth. The gang war between the two feuding sides hit national headlines in 2007 following the senseless murder of innocent schoolboy Rhys Jones, who was ...

Its root cause is the split between the Croxteth or 'Crocky ... play their part in the areas' gangs, police say they are primarily territorial and wage war over 'respect,' petty disputes such ...

Rhys Jones was an innocent victim of a gang war which had been raging on two estates near his home Credit: Photo: PA Rhys and his family lived in Croxteth Park, a middle class area sandwiched ...

the gang war raging on the streets of north Liverpool was thrust into the national spotlight. Teenage thugs from Norris Green and Croxteth fought for their allegiance to their neighbourhoods ...

But far from being a sophisticated turf war among well-armed and ... Norris Green's "Nogga Dogz" (or Strand Gang) and the neighbouring "Crocky Crew" of Croxteth exploded on New Year's Day 2004 ...

He had been caught in the crossfire between two criminal gangs. Sean Mercer, a member of the so-called Croxteth Crew, had meant to aim at rival Wayne Brady, of the Norris Green Strand Gang ...

were involved in a tit-for-tat turf war with The Crocky Crew. The Strand Gang hailed from the Norris Green district of Liverpool. The Croxteth Crew had formed in 1988, with the resulting turf war ...

News Greater Manchester News Rhys: An innocent gang war victim POLICE have given their biggest hint yet that the Rhys Jones murder was directly related to a Croxteth gang war. They said the ...