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During , Graham was working with a gang who had been refused access to a club by the then head doorman, Stuart Watson. Watson believed that the gang would show no respect to other revellers, and would treat the place as if they owned it. Furthermore, he obviously wanted to preserve his own position at the club.
Years later Watson said of the incident, "I was just doing what I had to do to keep trouble out of the club. As a doorman, your job is to prevent any bad characters getting in. It is said that Graham had been deliberately misinformed about Watson's activities, and that he was wrongly told that Watson had made threats against him. The fracas that ensued, took place at, the now demolished Hobo's nightclub in Newcastle, and was later revealed to have been recorded on CCTV. This incident resulted in Graham's conviction and an inevitable prison sentence, in spite of his victim refusing to give evidence against him.
Whilst serving his prison term, Graham took a keen interest in the case of Stephen Craven, who by then was serving a sentence for murdering Penny Laing at Newcastle's Studio nightclub on Christmas Eve Graham attempted to assist Craven, who protests his innocence to this day. Although Craven's conviction remains in place.
Upon Graham's release, he broke all ties with his former gangland associates, and a prolonged, bitter dispute ensued.
He also attempted to mend fences with the aforementioned Watson. Graham was soon back in court for an assault in which he is said to have, quote , " Around this time, various adversaries began working against Graham. He had confronted a gang member in a Newcastle nightclub about supplying drugs in one of 'his' establishments, and following a scuffle, the man escaped via the fire exit with Graham in hot pursuit. Unsolicited confrontations were set up, one with a notorious, well known, now deceased fighter he avoided , and he survived several attempts on his life.
Graham's apparent dislike of drugs antagonized the gangs that had a vested interest. They wanted to expand their 'drugs enterprises', but the anti-drugs Graham was in the way.
She had met Jimmy whilst visiting Graham in hospital and had helped, via contacts, to fast track certain elements of the approval process. He was shot three times by an unidentified gunman, one shot leaving a large hole in his back , but managed to drag himself back to Wallsend High Street, where he was found by fellow bouncer, Terry Scott. Share on Whatsapp whatsapp. Years later Watson said of the incident, "I was just doing what I had to do to keep trouble out of the club. Judge Penny Moreland imposed a month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months.
Graham was aware of their plans to remove many of his men from the doors of the pubs and clubs of Newcastle. He was receiving death threats almost daily, and shortly before his death, a car drove past Graham's home and one of the passengers shot out the windows of his house. On Christmas Eve , Graham was involved in another confrontation with a gang in Newcastle.
An attempt was made to remove Graham's firm from an establishment, but the attempt failed as Graham, being there in person, repeatedly punched one of the gang, breaking his jaw, whilst the other members beat a hasty retreat.
The offside, front window of his Ford Sierra Sapphire Cosworth had been broken, possibly to make him hesitate before entering the vehicle, or to activate the alarm so as Graham would return to the parked car. He was shot three times by an unidentified gunman, one shot leaving a large hole in his back , but managed to drag himself back to Wallsend High Street, where he was found by fellow bouncer, Terry Scott.
In spite of him receiving thirty pints of blood, Viv Graham died at North Tyneside General Hospital four hours later, aged just He is buried at Hookergate Cemetery. He had received a telephone death threat just hours before he was shot.
Viv Graham had often prophetically predicted that he, "wouldn't see 40". He had curtailed the activities of several narcotics based gangs by refusing them access to the pubs and clubs that employed him, and he was known to never carry a firearm. In , Northumbria Police interviewed an informant who named the killer, and confessed to his role as the 'getaway driver'.
In , a police transcript was obtained by Newcastle's Evening Chronicle newspaper, that outlined a police visit to a so-called 'supergrass', whilst he was serving a prison sentence. He then detailed his own involvement in the notorious murder, and named the gunman who murdered Graham. Learn more at Author Central. Popularity Popularity Featured Price: Low to High Price: High to Low Avg.
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