Whitney gang

The Whitney gang were a notorious family gang from the Anfield district of Liverpool. In November 2011, the family and their associates were sentenced to a total of 82 years in prison for conspiracy to supply Class A drugs, with individual sentences ranging from two to nine years.

Members

Whitney family

Carol Whitney
Leslie Whitney
Lisa Whitney
Paul Whitney
Anthony "Tony" Whitney
Gary Whitney

Associates

Emma Mackenzie
Mary McCabe
Gary Edwards
Thomas Dowd deceased
Michael O'Toole
Matthew Nayor
Neil Brady
Craig Rees
Rodney Rees
Wayne Hincks
Michael Waters

Conviction and imprisonment

All members were jailed for a total of 82 years in November 2011. The last member to be extradited from Spain was Anthony "Tony" Whitney from his home in Dénia where he got mixed up in another smuggling plot, and was apprehended for smuggling 50,000 tablets of an ecstasy-type substance. Emma Mackenzie was sentenced to 834 days in prison – a "significantly shorter and more lenient sentence" than she could have expected if not for her two-year-old daughter. She was subsequently released from court, having already served half her sentence on remand.