Michael Michael

Michael Michael (born 12 November 1957)

supergrass/police informer, with his evidence leading to 34 people being jailed for a combined 170 years, and the dismantling of 26 different drug syndicates.^[2]

Among people he informed on were his wife Lynn, given a 24-month prison sentence suspended for two years for her role as a cash courier; and Janice Marlborough, his business lieutenant who ran his string of brothels. Michael's evidence led to drugs worth £49m being recovered from a distribution network that is thought to have smuggled more than 110 kg (250lb) of cocaine and 19 tonnes of cannabis into Britain.^[2]^[3]

Information about Michael's work as an informer remained secret until December 2001, when a judge at

witness protection programme.^[2]

Born into a Greek-Cypriot family in Birmingham in the English Midlands, Michael's birth name was Constantine Michael Michael, but he decided to drop the use of the forename Constantine in adulthood.

References

^ "findmypast.co.uk". search.findmypast.co.uk.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Hopkins, Nick (19 December 2001). "Gangster supergrass jailed". The Guardian. London.
^ ^a ^b Correspondent, By John Steele, Crime. "'Supergrass' is jailed over £132m drugs ring".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[1] "findmypast.co.uk". search.findmypast.co.uk.

[autogenerated1-2] Hopkins, Nick (19 December 2001). "Gangster supergrass jailed". The Guardian. London.

[auto-3] Correspondent, By John Steele, Crime. "'Supergrass' is jailed over £132m drugs ring".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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