Dominic Noonan: Last News

On April 1, 1990 the longest and bloodiest prison riot in British history exploded at Strangeways. The disturbance lasted 25 days, left two men dead and 194 injured and resulted in sweeping changes to the penal system.

Senior cops sanctioned a 'controversial' undercover operation into gangster Dominic Noonan where officers are said to have watched and allowed a boy of 13 to walk into a flat where the suspected paedophile was staying, an employment tribunal judgment has revealed.

police turned a blind eye, according to a former detective.Rick Mortimer has told an employment tribunal that once, when he suggested his Greater Manchester Police colleagues intervened after spotting a suspected paedophile was leading a boy into a house, he was told: "What we can't see, we don't know about." It is believed that man was Dominic Noonan who was, eventually, at the age of 53, found guilty of 13 historical sex offences against four boys as young as 10 and handed an 11-year sentence, Manchester Evening News reports.READ MORE: Hard-up Brits resort to hanging out in bakeries to stay warm this winterBut who was Noonan and why did the police fail to bring him to justice sooner?Born to Irish parents and raised in the Manchester's Whalley Range suburb, Noonan was one of 14 siblings whose names all began with the letter D.He and his brothers Damien and Dessie quickly developed reputations for armed robbery.In the late 80s and early 90s, they also ran the city's doors including at the famous Hacienda night club, controlling who could sell drugs inside, while taking their own cut of around £50,000 a night. Dessie was the enforcer and hitman, Dominic the cunning and charismatic entrepreneur and Damien cemented loyalties with donations to community causes.

Police watched as a boy walked into a house with a suspected paedophile under surveillance, a former detective has alleged.

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