Bullets fired into family homes, terrifying firebombing attacks and brazenly flashing his drug cash in public. For months baby-faced gang boss Harry O'Brien terrorised his local community and got people double his age to do his bidding, despite barely being out of school.
Known to the local police since the age of 12, O'Brien brought fear to innocent families as he went to war with rivals in a campaign of wanton and brazen violence.
Earlier this year, the now 17-year-old was locked up for more than nine-and-a-half years, after his crime empire was brought crashing down.
Whether it was a case of not caring whether he was caught, or in his thirst for revenge not thinking at all, the hot-headed thug simply couldn't control his temper. READ MORE : Police and forensics called to Salford house with joint investigation underway After winning a legal battle to name O'Brien, the Liverpool Echo has delved into his brief reign of terror to tell the story of how a child with ADHD and a 'defiance disorder' became one of the most dangerous offenders on Merseyside Police's radar and how it was all brought crashing down by detectives.
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