Former bare knuckle boxer Dougie Joyce has revealed he is cousins with Colin 'Piggy' Joyce and told how he hopes the jailed Gooch gang boss is 'back on the streets soon'.
Dougie Joyce described the convicted killer, one of Manchester's most notorious gangsters, as a 'really nice fella' and an 'icon'.
The self-styled 'general' of Moss Side's Gooch gang, Colin Joyce terrorised the streets of south Manchester during the early 2000s.
He was likened to Al Capone by a judge when he was jailed for a minimum of 39 years in 2009 for the murders of Ucal Chin, 24, and 23-year-old Tyrone Gilbert.
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