{{Short description|British street gang from Broadwater Estate with Jamaican links}} {{pp-pc1}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Use British English|date=March 2012}} {{Infobox Criminal organization | name = Tottenham Mandem | image = | caption = | founded = 1970s | founding_location = [[Tottenham, North London]] | years_active = 1970s to mid-2000s | territory = [[Tottenham]] and [[South Tottenham]], in North London | ethnicity = [[British Jamaican|Jamaican]] [[Yardies]]<ref name="Dbdev">{{cite news|last=Gregory|first=Andrew|title='Don't use my brother's death as an excuse for violence'|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%27Don%27t+use+my+brother%27s+death+as+an+excuse+for+violence%27+LONDON+RIOTS...-a0263629405|access-date=8 December 2013|newspaper=The Mirror|date=8 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211040225/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%27Don%27t+use+my+brother%27s+death+as+an+excuse+for+violence%27+LONDON+RIOTS...-a0263629405|archive-date=11 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> | membership_est = 100+<ref name = ":15"/> | criminal_activities = [[Drug trafficking]], [[weapon trafficking]], [[robbery|armed robbery]], [[kidnapping]] and [[contract killing]] | allies = Broadwater Farm Posse,<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/aug/08/mark-duggan-profile-tottenham-shooting|title=Mark Duggan: profile of Tottenham police shooting victim|first1=Patrick|last1=Barkham|first2=Jon|last2=Henley|date=8 August 2011|work=The Guardian|access-date=7 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724231119/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/aug/08/mark-duggan-profile-tottenham-shooting|archive-date=24 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Burger Bar Boys,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2014/12/21/street-gangs-are-putting-differences-aside-to-form-supergang-4995263/|title=Street gangs 'are putting differences aside to form supergang'|date=21 December 2014|access-date=8 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808144227/https://metro.co.uk/2014/12/21/street-gangs-are-putting-differences-aside-to-form-supergang-4995263/|archive-date=8 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Causeway Gang,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MWYQBAAAQBAJ&q=%22man-dem%22&pg=PA24|title=Reluctant Gangsters: The Changing Face of Youth Crime|first=John|last=Pitts|date=11 January 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781134022199|via=Google Books}}</ref> Edmonton Firm (also known as The Firm, Edmonton Mandem, or EMD),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sites.google.com/site/londonstreetgangs/gang-lists/north-london-gangs/edmonton-firm-edmonton-mandem|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719072627/http://sites.google.com/site/londonstreetgangs/gang-lists/north-london-gangs/edmonton-firm-edmonton-mandem|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 July 2011|title=Edmonton Firm / Edmonton Mandem (EMD) - www.londonstreetgangs.com|date=19 July 2011}}</ref> Star Gang<ref name="auto"/> | rivals = Northumberland Park Killers (NPK),<ref name="independent">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/mark-duggan-inquest-final-moments-of-man-who-sparked-london-riots-revealed-8822027.html|author=Paul Gallagher|title=Mark Duggan inquest: Final moments of man who sparked London riots revealed|work=The Independent|date=17 September 2013|access-date=17 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912101835/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/mark-duggan-inquest-final-moments-of-man-who-sparked-london-riots-revealed-8822027.html|archive-date=12 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Hackney Boys,<ref name="independent"/> London Field Boys (LFB)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qPGXiKSv7s4C&q=%22mark-lambie%22+%22man-dem%22&pg=PA1979|author=John Heale |title=One Blood: Inside Britain's Gang Culture|date=17 September 2013|publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=9781849830515 }}</ref> }} The '''Tottenham Mandem''' (also '''Tottenham Man Dem,''' '''TMD''', or '''Man Dem Crew''','''<ref name=":6">{{Cite news|last=Muir|first=Hugh|date=2007-01-03|title=Catalogue of police failures let gang killing go ahead|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/jan/03/ukguns.hughmuir|url-status=live|access-date=2019-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808144226/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/jan/03/ukguns.hughmuir|archive-date=8 August 2019|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/news/a-major-drugs-player-or-respected-father-of-four-6430630.html|title=A major drugs player or respected father of four?|date=2011-08-08|location=London|website=Evening Standard|language=en|access-date=2019-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808144234/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/a-major-drugs-player-or-respected-father-of-four-6430630.html|archive-date=8 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> formerly known as '''Frontliners''' or '''Tottenham Boys'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://sites.google.com/site/londonstreetgangs/gang-lists/north-london-gangs/tottenham-mandem-northstar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225153351/http://sites.google.com/site/londonstreetgangs/gang-lists/north-london-gangs/tottenham-mandem-northstar|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-02-25|title=Tottenham Mandem / Northstar (TMD) - www.londonstreetgangs.com|date=2011-04-17|access-date=2019-08-07}}</ref>) were an organised street [[gang]] based in [[Tottenham]], North London, that began on the [[Broadwater Farm]] estate prior to the [[Broadwater Farm riot]] in 1985. One of the early members and later leader Mark Lambie was a suspect in the murder of PC [[Keith Blakelock]] during that riot.<ref name=beeb1>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1993920.stm|title=Yardie convicted in torture case|work=BBC News|date=17 May 2002|access-date=10 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912060700/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1993920.stm|archive-date=12 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Lambie had been top of [[Operation Trident (Metropolitan Police)|Operation Trident]]'s wanted list due to the close links he had built with gangs in Wembley, Harlesden and south London.<ref name=gruniad>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/may/21/stevenmorris|title=Powerful gang leader jailed for kidnap and torture|author=Steven Morris|work=The Guardian|date=21 May 2002|access-date=10 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930144244/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/may/21/stevenmorris|archive-date=30 September 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> He was jailed in 2002.<ref name=beeb1/> During the 90s, TMD was one of the largest gangs in North London and controlled much of the drug markets in the area.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://sites.google.com/site/londonstreetgangs/gang-lists/east-london-gangs/hackney-boys-hakcney-mandem|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115095011/http://sites.google.com/site/londonstreetgangs/gang-lists/east-london-gangs/hackney-boys-hakcney-mandem|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-01-15|title=Hackney Boys (HMD) - www.londonstreetgangs.com|date=2012-01-15|access-date=2019-08-08}}</ref>
In the early 2000s, members of TMD formed the North Star record label and music group. The group was active in the music scene at the time, and acted as promoters for [[So Solid Crew]].<ref name=":8">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qPGXiKSv7s4C&q=%22mark-lambie%22+%22man-dem%22&pg=PA1979|title=One Blood: Inside Britain's Gang Culture|last=Heale|first=John|date=2009-10-15|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9781849830515|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4" /> TMD also declined during this period, instead splintering off into various independent groups such as NPK (Northumberland Park Killers),<ref name=":29">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/tottenham-shooting-killers-brag-on-social-media-f8zg2kjwj|title=Tottenham shooting: 'killers' brag on social media|last=Simpson|first=Will Humphries, John|date=2018-04-06|work=[[The Times]]|access-date=2019-10-28|language=en|issn=0140-0460|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028072445/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tottenham-shooting-killers-brag-on-social-media-f8zg2kjwj|archive-date=28 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Tiverton Mandem, and Chestnut Estate (CE, also known as Black Gang),<ref name=":19">{{Cite web|url=http://sites.google.com/site/londonstreetgangs/gang-lists/north-london-gangs/chestnut-estate-black-gang|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727081947/http://sites.google.com/site/londonstreetgangs/gang-lists/north-london-gangs/chestnut-estate-black-gang|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-07-27|title=Chestnut Estate (CE) - www.londonstreetgangs.com|date=2011-07-27|access-date=2019-08-09}}</ref> although some still used the "Tottenham Mandem" name. Some younger members of TMD began to associate with the London [[Bloods]]<ref group="note">Some gangs during the 2000s took on "Bloods" names and imagery in the UK, but they were not officially associated with the American Bloods gangs from which they took inspiration.</ref> and used names such as Ida Boys (also known as Ida Rydaz, Ida Bloodstarz, or IDA<ref name=":20">{{Cite web|url=http://sites.google.com/site/londonstreetgangs/gang-lists/north-london-gangs/ida-rydaz-ida-bloodstarz|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719171523/http://sites.google.com/site/londonstreetgangs/gang-lists/north-london-gangs/ida-rydaz-ida-bloodstarz|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-07-19|title=Ida Bloodstarz (IDA) - www.londonstreetgangs.com|date=2011-07-19|access-date=2019-08-09}}</ref>), and Bloodline<ref name=":22">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/article-7hztt75vv|title={{!}} The Times|date=2015-12-18|work=[[The Times]]|access-date=2019-08-09|language=en|issn=0140-0460|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809074456/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/article-7hztt75vv|archive-date=9 August 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> or Bloodgang,<ref name=":23">{{Cite journal|title=JOMEC Journal|date=2019-08-07|doi=10.18573/j.2017.10145|doi-access=free}}</ref> whereas some older members began to use the name 'Star Gang'.<ref name=":23" /> Collectively, everyone from the Broadwater Farm estate began to be referred to as 'Farm Mandem' (FMD).<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":24">{{Cite web|url=http://sites.google.com/site/londonstreetgangs/gang-lists/north-london-gangs/broadwater-farm-bloodline|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111231163728/http://sites.google.com/site/londonstreetgangs/gang-lists/north-london-gangs/broadwater-farm-bloodline|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-12-31|title=Broadwater Farm (BWF) - www.londonstreetgangs.com|date=2011-12-31|access-date=2019-08-09}}</ref>
Some of these groups, such as Star Gang,<ref name=":25" /> became active in the [[road rap]] scene at the time. Two members of Star Gang, Headz (now known as [[Headie One]]) and Young RV (now known as [[RV (rapper)|RV]]), later became prominent in the [[UK drill]] scene and formed part of the UK drill collective [[OFB (rap group)|OFB]] (Original Farm Boys).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://theface.com/music/headie-one-drill-rap-volume-4-issue-001|title=Heart of a lion: the rise of Headie One|website=The Face|date=16 September 2019 |language=en-gb|access-date=2019-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108132845/https://theface.com/music/headie-one-drill-rap-volume-4-issue-001|archive-date=8 November 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":28">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/rv-headie-one-football-themed-video-match-day-2465089|title=Watch RV and Headie One's football-themed video for 'Match Day'|last1=Daly|first1=Rhian|date=21 March 2019|website=[[NME]]|access-date=9 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324030654/https://www.nme.com/news/music/rv-headie-one-football-themed-video-match-day-2465089|archive-date=24 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="fact">{{cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2018/08/02/mk-the-plug-and-m1-on-the-beat-are-uk-drills-brightest-hope/|title=Making the banned: MK The Plug and M1 on the Beat are UK drill's brightest hope|last1=Thapar|first1=Ciaran|date=2 August 2018|website=[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]]|publisher=[[The Vinyl Factory]]|access-date=18 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713230018/https://www.factmag.com/2018/08/02/mk-the-plug-and-m1-on-the-beat-are-uk-drills-brightest-hope/|archive-date=13 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
== History ==
=== Origins: 1970s–90s === TMD, like many other London gangs such as the [[Peckham Boys]] and [[Ghetto Boys]], has its origins in the 1970s and was founded in Broadwater Farm, Tottenham. By the time of the infamous [[Broadwater Farm riot]] in 1985, the gang was firmly established in the area.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/mark-duggan-inquest-final-moments-of-man-who-sparked-london-riots-revealed-8822027.html|title=Mark Duggan inquest: Final moments of a man who sparked London riots|date=2013-09-17|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2019-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808144239/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/mark-duggan-inquest-final-moments-of-man-who-sparked-london-riots-revealed-8822027.html|archive-date=8 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mark-duggan-family-in-plea-not-146450|title=Mark Duggan family in plea not to use his death as excuse to riot|last=Gregory|first=Andrew|date=2011-08-07|website=mirror|access-date=2019-08-08}}</ref> The gang is a derivative of another local gang known as the Broadwater Farm Posse, formed in the 1970s by Black British youth of [[West Indian]] origins. TMD originally went by the name "Frontliners", then later "Tottenham Boys", then finally 'Tottenham Mandem".<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sites.google.com/site/londonstreetgangs/gang-lists/north-london-gangs/broadwater-farm-posse|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719072626/http://sites.google.com/site/londonstreetgangs/gang-lists/north-london-gangs/broadwater-farm-posse|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-07-19|title=Broadwater Farm Posse - www.londonstreetgangs.com|date=2011-07-19|access-date=2019-08-07}}</ref>
=== 1990s: rise of Mark Lambie === By the early 1990s, TMD was one of the largest gangs in North London, controlling many of the drug markets in the area.<ref name=":4" /> One leader<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gDiKAgAAQBAJ&q=%22TMD%22&pg=PT72|title=Guns and Gangs: The Inside Story of the War on our Streets|last=McLagan|first=Graeme|date=2013-09-19|publisher=Allison & Busby|isbn=9780749015886|language=en}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/prince-of-darkness-jailed-for-12-years-1-952126|title='Prince of Darkness' jailed for 12 years|website=The Scotsman|language=en|access-date=2019-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808144223/https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/prince-of-darkness-jailed-for-12-years-1-952126|archive-date=8 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> of TMD, Mark Lambie (also known as "Devil Man", "[[Obeah]] Man", or the "Prince of Darkness"<ref name="beeb1" /><ref name=":8"/>), was a suspect in the murder of PC [[Keith Blakelock]] during the Broadwater Farm Riot.<ref name="beeb1" /> Lambie helped forge links and alliances with gangs across London and beyond. In 1991, he was sentenced to {{frac|3|1|2}} years in jail due to involvement in a gang shooting, although this was reduced a year. In 1995, [[police intelligence]] reports indicated he had been fraternizing with gang members from [[Brent, London|Brent]] and [[Notting Hill]]. He also had a feud with Jerome Maddix, who had experienced a [[drive-by shooting]] at his home and was murdered a year later in Jamaica.<ref name=":3" />
In 1996, police believed Mark and an associate, Clifford Angol, may have been involved in the non-fatal shooting of Kenneth Wowe in West London. The following year, three gunmen entered a Caribbean restaurant in West London called The Place To Be and asked to see Mark. While it is suspected Mark Lambie was there at the time, he kept quiet if he was. Instead, two innocent Marks were shot after identifying themselves.<ref name="auto1"/> Police suspected this may have been an attempted retaliation shooting following the shooting of Kenneth Wowe. Six months later, Kenneth Wowe was shot dead. Mark and Clifford were promptly arrested, but let go due to lack of evidence. A few days later, Clifford Angol was shot dead.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qFGHkAPfHhEC&q=%22clifford-angol%22&pg=PA373|title=Policing Notting Hill: Fifty Years of Turbulence|last=Moore|first=Tony|date=2013|publisher=Waterside Press|isbn=9781904380610|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":5" />
In 1999, a man was shot in Colosseum nightclub in [[Vauxhall]]. The victim named Mark Lambie as the shooter, who was then arrested, but once again was let go after the victim withdrew his evidence. In the same year, police believed he and an associate, Michael Thomas (aka Mallet), had shot at an EQ nightclub in Hackney Marsh. Police suspected this was a form of blackmail. There was a third incident at a Hackney club where Stephen Grant was shot dead. Police suspected this was a part of the TMD and Hackney Boys dispute. Lambie was suspected of being at the club.<ref name=":3" />
=== 1997–2003: Hackney Boys rivalry === In 1997, TMD had a conflict with another local gang known as the Hackney Boys (also known as Hackney Mandem, or HMD).<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5" /> The conflict resulted in a number of tit-for-tat killings.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/england/london-travel/born-to-kill-5cnvm2z9hpm|title=Born to kill|date=2007-02-18|work=The Sunday Times|access-date=2019-08-08|language=en|issn=0956-1382|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808144227/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/born-to-kill-5cnvm2z9hpm|archive-date=8 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/feb/16/ukguns.news2|title=Shoot or be shot: cheap arms and local rivalries fuel teen violence|last1=Travis|first1=Alan|date=2007-02-16|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-08-08|last2=editor|first2=home affairs|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808144225/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/feb/16/ukguns.news2|archive-date=8 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The origins of the feud aren't clear;<ref name=":8" /> in the book ''Guns and Gangs: The Inside Story of the War on our Streets'' by Graeme McLagen, it is claimed the conflict began when 16-year-old Guydance Dacres was shot dead in 1997 at a Chimes nightclub in Hackney. It was Guydance's first night out at a club ever. Anthony Bourne, member of TMD allies Edmonton Firm,<ref name=":4" /> and Fabiann Fatinikun were both acquitted of the murder.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/guydance-dacres-mum-of-teen-murdered-22-years-ago-in-clapton-nightclub-pleads-with-witnesses-to-end-silence-1-5864415|title=Guydance Dacres: Mother of Hoxton teen shot dead in Clapton nightclub 22 years ago appeals for partygoers to end silence|last=Gelder|first=Sam|website=Hackney Gazette|language=en|access-date=2019-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808145734/https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/guydance-dacres-mum-of-teen-murdered-22-years-ago-in-clapton-nightclub-pleads-with-witnesses-to-end-silence-1-5864415|archive-date=8 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":16">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/crime-court/guydance-dacres-shooting-fresh-appeal-on-20th-anniversary-of-teen-s-murder-mile-nightclub-death-1-4845303|title=Guydance Dacres shooting: Fresh appeal on 20th anniversary of teen's 'Murder Mile' nightclub death|last=Gelder|first=Sam|website=Hackney Gazette|language=en|access-date=2019-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808144226/https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/crime-court/guydance-dacres-shooting-fresh-appeal-on-20th-anniversary-of-teen-s-murder-mile-nightclub-death-1-4845303|archive-date=8 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":8" /> James Sutherland however, a former police officer, has stated the death of Guydance was not the cause of the conflict behind TMD and the Hackney Boys and the killings that followed.<ref name=":16" /> The conflict may have begun earlier, in 1995/6, when members of TMD robbed youths from Hackney, and one TMD member had stabbed a Hackney Boy member.<ref name=":4" />
Either way, a month after the death of Guydance Dacres, members of the Hackney Boys confronted two members of TMD, Clint Ponton (also known as C1 or The Chosen One,<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":11" /> later member of North Star) and 16-year-old Kingsley Iyasara (nicknamed Popcorn), and chased them. Clint escaped, but Kingsley was cornered on a block of flats, beaten, kicked, punched and ultimately shot and killed. Kingsley ultimately bled to death on the roof of the block of flats.<ref name=":4" /> Two of the individuals involved in the murder of Kingsley Iyasara, Meneliek Robinson and Corey Wright, were themselves shot dead soon after they were released from prison in 1999 and 2001 respectively.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/my-heartache-17-years-on-corey-wright-s-mother-holds-london-fields-vigil-on-anniversary-of-murder-mile-shooting-1-5481927|title='My heartache 17 years on': Corey Wright's mother holds London Fields vigil on anniversary of 'Murder Mile' shooting|last=Bartholomew|first=Emma|website=Hackney Gazette|language=en|access-date=2019-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808144228/https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/my-heartache-17-years-on-corey-wright-s-mother-holds-london-fields-vigil-on-anniversary-of-murder-mile-shooting-1-5481927|archive-date=8 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/4123900.stm|title=Appeal on anniversary of shooting|date=2005-06-25|access-date=2019-08-08|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808144227/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/4123900.stm|archive-date=8 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
There was another incident at a Hackney nightclub in 1999 where Stephen Grant was shot dead. Police suspected this was a part of the TMD and Hackney Boys dispute. Two days later, a Hackney youth was shot at by members of TMD in [[Southgate, London|Southgate]].<ref name=":3" />
On 4 December 2002, TMD member Adrian Crawford (aka Buckhead<ref name=":3" />) was shot dead by Hackney Boys member Daniel Cummings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/news/401258.hitman-jailed-after-gunning-down-rival/|title=Hitman jailed after gunning down rival|website=Enfield Independent|date=7 August 2003 |language=en|access-date=2019-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808144228/https://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/news/401258.hitman-jailed-after-gunning-down-rival/|archive-date=8 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/aug/10/race.politicalcolumnists|title=Nick Cohen: Dancing to same tune|last=Cohen|first=Nick|date=2003-08-09|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-08-08|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808144223/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/aug/10/race.politicalcolumnists|archive-date=8 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news-in-brief-25933920.html|title=News in Brief|website=The Irish Independent|language=en|access-date=2019-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808144226/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news-in-brief-25933920.html|archive-date=8 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=roMNiXStcGsC&q=%22adrian-crawford%22+tottenham&pg=PT119|title=Hood Rat|last=Knight|first=Gavin|date=2011-07-01|publisher=Pan Macmillan|isbn=9781447204008|language=en}}</ref> Adrian had previously been arrested alongside Mark Lambie while visiting an associate in jail.<ref name=":3" />
On 21 April 2003, Jason Fearon was shot at in a London club. He tried to flee in his Audi but was shot at again and killed. Police were told this was due to a conflict between TMD and the Hackney Boys.<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/6229309.stm|title=Mother blames police for killing|date=2007-01-03|access-date=2019-08-08|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808144227/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/6229309.stm|archive-date=8 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1428375/News-in-brief.html|title=News in brief|last=Sapsted|first=David|date=2003-04-25|website=The Daily Telegraph|language=en|access-date=2019-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808144228/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1428375/News-in-brief.html|archive-date=8 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The club was hosting an event at the time for So Solid member [[Lisa Maffia]]. Clint Ponton was arrested in connection with the shooting. He denied all the charges and claimed he was trying to change his life.<ref name=":13" /><ref name=":14" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.questia.com/newspaper/1G1-102051349/lisa-maffia-in-house-as-murder-suspect-is-held|title="Lisa Maffia in House as Murder Suspect Is Held" by Atik, Nilufer – The Evening Standard (London, England), May 19, 2003 |website=|access-date=2019-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808144227/https://www.questia.com/newspaper/1G1-102051349/lisa-maffia-in-house-as-murder-suspect-is-held|archive-date=8 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> After beating the case, he came back to the UK and decided to focus on his music group North Star.<ref name=":17"/>
=== 2000–2002: Fall of Mark Lambie === By 2000, Mark Lambie was considered untouchable by the local black community. Some people in the local community believed he was capable of [[juju]] powers and was untouchable due to magic. This earned him the nickname "[[Obeah]] Man", named after an African spiritual system.<ref name=":3" /><ref name="beeb1" /><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":8"/> He was top of [[Operation Trident (Metropolitan Police)|Operation Trident]]'s wanted list due to the close links he had built with gangs in [[Wembley]], [[Harlesden]] in Brent, and south London.<ref name="gruniad" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5" /> While Trident struggled to find evidence to convict Lambie, they managed to convict two of his associates, Michael Thomas (aka Mallet) and Ricky Sweeney.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":9">{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1381992/Mother-who-defied-gangster-is-bravest-woman-in-Britain.html|title=Mother who defied gangster is 'bravest woman in Britain'|last=Correspondent|first=John Steele Crime|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=2002-01-19|access-date=2019-08-08|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808144226/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1381992/Mother-who-defied-gangster-is-bravest-woman-in-Britain.html|archive-date=8 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> In order to prevent his girlfriend from testifying against him, Ricky Sweeney had her shot. She was also shot at while on a visit to Jamaica. Ultimately she survived and aided the police in testifying against Ricky. Ricky was jailed for life for an execution he took part in, in 1999.<ref name=":9" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2220907.stm|title=No respect: The grim cycle of 'Yardie' violence|date=2002-08-28|access-date=2019-08-08|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808144224/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2220907.stm|archive-date=8 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Police were also struggling because they did not actually know where Mark Lambie was or where he lived, which made traditional methods of gathering information on someone somewhat difficult. Instead, police used similar tactics American police used when going after [[Al Capone]], by going after his associates. Police also found that Mark was living in South London, rather than North as was expected, and that he was using false names, such as 'Paul Gordan'. Eventually, they managed to find him and his brother, Wesley Lambie, in a car that was suspected to be stolen (although the owner refused to testify it was). They also found [[heroin]] in the car but were unable to link it to the Lambie brothers. Although they were unable to bring charges, knowing where he was made surveillance now a possibility.<ref name=":3" />
In 2002, Mark Lambie and Anthony "Blue" Bourne (a member of the North London gang "The Firm") were jailed after the kidnapping, blackmailing, and torture of two men, Mr Smith and Mr Morris, from Tottenham on 21 April 2001. The police had been following Lambie around Tottenham on the day and saw him enter and leave Broadwater Estate. It was considered too risky to enter the Estate, so they waited outside until Mark left, and followed him to a party. Nothing eventful happened, so they returned to the police station.<ref name=":3" /> What they didn't know was that an associate of Mark, Anthony Bourne, had lured two men into Broadwater Estate, where they were kidnapped at gunpoint by at least 14 people. The two men had driven a blue sports car into the estate, which the police had spotted earlier as they were following Mark. The group took the two men into a house, which they burst into, ordering the current occupants (two women and two children) to move downstairs, and then began to torture the two men, demanding money from them both. The house they had entered was the same house the police had seen Mark enter earlier in the day, which the police had interpreted to be a party.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name="beeb1" /><ref name="gruniad" /><ref name=":10" />
The men were hit with hammers, burned with an electric iron, and had boiling water poured onto their genitals. One of the victims, Mr Smith, was able to escape after suggesting there was money at a nearby salon. He was bundled into a car, and driven to the salon, which was promptly robbed while Mr Smith was secured in the boot of the car. While the suspects were inside the salon, Mr Smith was able to escape from the car and ran to the nearby police station. After his escape, the gang began to flee. They took Mr Morris outside but were seen by a passing police car. The gang fled, and Mr Morris ran towards a police car he had spotted passing by and lunged onto the bonnet asking for help.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/1978157.stm|title='Malign and corrosive' gangsters|date=2002-05-17|access-date=2019-08-07|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807132737/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/1978157.stm|archive-date=7 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="beeb1" /><ref name="gruniad" /><ref name=":10">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MikCDQAAQBAJ&q=%22mark-lambie%22+%22man-dem%22&pg=PT390|title=Blood on the Page: WINNER of the 2018 Gold Dagger Award for Non-Fiction|last=Harding|first=Thomas|date=2018-01-25|publisher=Random House|isbn=9781473537958|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3" />
Two other members of the gang that were involved in the incident, Warren Leader and Francis Osei, were also convicted of kidnapping and blackmail.<ref name="beeb1" /><ref name=":1" /> Warren Leader was released in 2009, but in 2013 he was jailed for 16 years for running a heroin factory.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/yardie-gangster-who-ran-heroin-factory-jailed-for-16-years-8746168.html|title=Yardie gangster who ran heroin factory jailed for 16 years|date=2013-08-05|location=London|website=Evening Standard|language=en|access-date=2019-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807132755/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/yardie-gangster-who-ran-heroin-factory-jailed-for-16-years-8746168.html|archive-date=7 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
In October 2003, Gavin Smith was killed in [[Lordship Recreation Ground]]. Mark Duggan, member of TMD off-shoot Star Gang,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9840073/Revealed-gang-rivalry-Mark-Duggan-and-the-unavenged-murder-behind-the-London-riots.html|title=Revealed: gang rivalry, Mark Duggan and the unavenged murder behind the London riots|last=Rayner|first=Gordon|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=2013-01-31|access-date=2019-08-08|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808144223/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9840073/Revealed-gang-rivalry-Mark-Duggan-and-the-unavenged-murder-behind-the-London-riots.html|archive-date=8 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> was arrested in suspicion of the murder.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/best-law-firms/profile-legal/article/mark-duggan-had-previous-arrests-for-murder-attempted-murder-and-firearms-offences-68bvkj6blwp|title=Mark Duggan had previous arrests for murder, attempted murder and firearms offences|last=Simpson|first=John|date=2013-09-25|work=[[The Times]]|access-date=2019-08-08|language=en|issn=0140-0460|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808144227/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mark-duggan-had-previous-arrests-for-murder-attempted-murder-and-firearms-offences-68bvkj6blwp|archive-date=8 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/mark-duggan-was-he-really-armed-were-the-police-under-threat-all-the-key-evidence-9046789.html|title=Mark Duggan inquest key evidence: Was he really armed? Were the police|date=2014-01-09|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2019-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808144234/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/mark-duggan-was-he-really-armed-were-the-police-under-threat-all-the-key-evidence-9046789.html|archive-date=8 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> He was released without charge however.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/10561682/Mark-Duggan-timeline-from-disruptive-schoolboy-to-murder-suspect.html|title=Mark Duggan timeline: from disruptive schoolboy to murder suspect|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=2014-01-09|access-date=2019-08-08|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808144224/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/10561682/Mark-Duggan-timeline-from-disruptive-schoolboy-to-murder-suspect.html|archive-date=8 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2004, Marcus Cox, a TMD member,<ref>{{Citation|title=LONDON GANG CULTURE – EP. 1|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5UTu_7M4iw|language=en|access-date=2019-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130919072014/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5UTu_7M4iw|archive-date=19 September 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> was shot dead on Tottenham High Road. He was shot by Syron Martin. The prosecution alleged it was revenge for a robbery that had happened prior. Syron alleged that Cox had threatened to kill him if he did not give Cox money. He alleged that he brought a gun and body armour for protection, and on seeing Cox in public, "lost his head" and shot him.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/4633951.stm|title=Gunman guilty of street killing|date=2005-06-29|access-date=2019-08-08|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808144225/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/4633951.stm|archive-date=8 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== North Star music group === {{Distinguish|Northstar (rap group)|text=[[Northstar (rap group)|Northstar]], an American hip-hop duo}} In 2002/3, Clint Ponton travelled to [[Ayia Napa]]. While there, he met up with Megaman from [[So Solid Crew|So Solid]] and became inspired to form his own music group.<ref name=":18">{{Citation|title=C1 Interview: Megaman from So Solid Crew, helped change my life and Northstar Come Up!!! {{!}} (Part 1)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAco6BKjp5s|language=en|access-date=2019-08-09}}</ref> While still in Ayia Napa, both Clint Ponton and Wesley Lambie were allegedly involved in a stabbing incident. The charges were dropped, but they were convicted and fined for carrying knives.<ref name=":14">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/GANGSTAS+IN+PARADISE;+EXCLUSIVE:+BRIT+TOURISTS+CAUGHT+IN+GANG+WAR...-a0105901084|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808101820/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/GANGSTAS+IN+PARADISE;+EXCLUSIVE:+BRIT+TOURISTS+CAUGHT+IN+GANG+WAR...-a0105901084|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-08-08|title=GANGSTAS IN PARADISE; EXCLUSIVE: BRIT TOURISTS CAUGHT IN GANG WAR VIOLENCE. – Free Online Library|date=2019-08-08|access-date=2019-08-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/jul/19/cyprus.travelnews|title=London turf wars mar Cyprus party spirit|last=Allison|first=Rebecca|date=2003-07-19|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-08-08|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808144226/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/jul/19/cyprus.travelnews|archive-date=8 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 21 April 2003, Jason Fearon was shot at in a London club. He tried to flee in his Audi but was shot at again and killed.<ref name=":6" /> The club was hosting an event at the time for So Solid member [[Lisa Maffia]]. Clint Ponton (also known as C1 or The Chosen One<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":11">{{Citation|title=C1 Interview: Megaman from So Solid Crew, helped change my life and Northstar Come Up!!! {{!}} (Part 1)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAco6BKjp5s|language=en|access-date=2019-08-08}}</ref>) was arrested in connection of the shooting. He denied all the charges and claimed he was trying to change his life.<ref name=":13">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/aug/01/popandrock.shopping6|title=CD: Lisa Maffia: First Lady|last=Lynskey|first=Dorian|date=2003-08-01|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-08-07|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807132734/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/aug/01/popandrock.shopping6|archive-date=7 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":14" />
Clint Ponton and Wesley Lambie formed a music collective called North Star or NorthStar.<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":17">{{Citation|title=R.RTv – C1 [Northstar] Interview [PART 1/2] (HD)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j3pt-s0tRI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/6j3pt-s0tRI |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2019-08-08}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Clint Ponton and Wesley Lambie formed the NorthStar music record label, promotion, and production company. The group started putting on [[UK garage]] events and acted as the promoters for [[UK garage]] crew [[So Solid Crew|So Solid]]. The group also started booking events for [[Wiley (musician)|Wiley]].<ref name=":18" /> Clint has stated the success of So Solid inspired him to refocus on music.<ref name=":17" /><ref name=":18" /> The group also became associated with [[PDC (gang)|PDC]].<ref name=":4" /> C1 stated he created it as he wanted to change around his life and move to more legitimate things.<ref>{{Citation|title=Lisa Maffia & C1- Interview [INVASION UK] HD|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2p7Cr3Ewcs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/g2p7Cr3Ewcs |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2019-08-08}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name=":18" /> North Star had 3 artists that acted as a music group together, C1, Chyna, and Young Spray.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://designermagazine.tripod.com/NorthStarINT1.html|title=North Star – Maffia Records @ Designer Magazine|website=designermagazine.tripod.com|access-date=2019-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209045938/http://designermagazine.tripod.com/NorthStarINT1.html|archive-date=9 February 2010|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.plugsville.com/young-spray-interview-invisible-tears-uk-gangster-rap-pioneer/|title=Interview: Young Spray explains how he became a pioneer of UK rap|date=2017-11-20|website=Plugsville|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808145728/https://www.plugsville.com/young-spray-interview-invisible-tears-uk-gangster-rap-pioneer/|archive-date=8 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> Together, they were signed to Lisa Maffia's Maffia Records record label.<ref>{{Citation|title=NXLevel Real Talk with Lisa Maffia, Tyler Daley & C1|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3bD9MSllb0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/G3bD9MSllb0 |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2019-08-08}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://designermagazine.tripod.com/KaishINT1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808135915/http://designermagazine.tripod.com/KaishINT1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-08-08|title=Kaish – So Solid Crew member interviewed at the Urban Music Seminar @ Designer Magazine|date=2019-08-08|access-date=2019-08-08}}</ref> The group went to number 1 on the [[Channel AKA|Channel U]] charts with the song "On A Rise".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/headlinerhub/docs/headliner_21_2/27|title=Headliner 21 2|website=Issuu|date=25 September 2017 |language=en|access-date=2019-08-08}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web|url=https://trenchtrenchtrench.com/features/young-spray-interview|title=Young Spray Speaks To Life's Pains And Struggles Like No Other|website=trenchtrenchtrench.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808144228/https://trenchtrenchtrench.com/features/young-spray-interview|archive-date=8 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Young Spray had met C1 when he was 16 while both were in prison.<ref name=":12" />
North Star received some resistance from police who shut down their music shows.<ref name=":17" /><ref name=":18" />
In 2008, Clint was stabbed in the neck at the [[Urban Music Awards]] in what was suspected by police to be a part of a Tottenham gang conflict.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/news/police-issue-image-after-stabbing-at-music-awards-6821274.html|title=Police issue image after stabbing at music awards|date=2009-02-10|location=London|website=Evening Standard|language=en|access-date=2019-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807132741/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/police-issue-image-after-stabbing-at-music-awards-6821274.html|archive-date=7 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":4" />
=== Fragmentation and development === The early 2000s saw a decline in TMD. Tottenham became less unified and local independent gangs propped up. Meanwhile, members of NorthStar pursued their careers in music. Killings also dropped during this period, but the rivalries continued through music with rival groups sending disses towards each other (such as Mash Town from [[London Fields]]).<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" />
Some of the Tottenham split-offs from TMD were Ida Boys, NPK (Northumberland Park Killers<ref name=":29" />), Chestnut Estate (CE, also known as Black Gang),<ref name=":19" /> and Tiverton Mandem. 'Star Gang' was also formed during this period, created by older members of TMD.<ref name=":23" /> The name 'Star Gang' was allegedly influenced by "North Star", the music group set up by former TMD members during the early 2000s. Some of the younger members of TMD had begun to associate with the London [[Bloods]] movement and began calling themselves Ida Boys (also known as Ida Rydaz, Ida Bloodstarz, or IDA<ref name=":20" />), Bloodline<ref name=":22" /> or Bloodgang, and BWF (Broadwater Farm).<ref name=":23" />
Some groups still referred to themselves as the "Tottenham Mandem" regardless, but the term no longer referred to a specific gang.<ref name=":4" /> Collectively, some of the fragmentations were all known as "Farm Mandem" (FMD), and they still had links to older TMD members.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":24" />
Some of these groups, such as Star Gang,<ref name=":25">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/aug/08/mark-duggan-profile-tottenham-shooting|title=Mark Duggan: profile of Tottenham police shooting victim|last1=Barkham|first1=Patrick|date=2011-08-08|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-08-09|last2=Henley|first2=Jon|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724231119/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/aug/08/mark-duggan-profile-tottenham-shooting|archive-date=24 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> became active in the [[road rap]] scene at the time. Two members of Star Gang, Headz (now known as [[Headie One]]) and Young RV (now known as [[RV (rapper)|RV]]), later became prominent in the [[UK drill]] scene and formed part of the UK drill collective [[OFB (rap group)|OFB]] (Original Farm Boys).<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":28" /><ref name="fact" />
In the mid-late 2000s, members of TMD became associated with the [[Ghetto Boys]], a gang based in South London. Younger members of the Ghetto Boys had formed "Shower". Together, members of TMD and the Ghetto Boys called themselves "Shower Syndicate". It is alleged the group had links with the Jamaican gang [[Shower Posse]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sites.google.com/site/londonstreetgangs/gang-lists/south-london-gangs/uk-shower-syndicate|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517052950/http://sites.google.com/site/londonstreetgangs/gang-lists/south-london-gangs/uk-shower-syndicate|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-05-17|title=UK Shower Syndicate - www.londonstreetgangs.com|date=2012-05-17|access-date=2019-08-07}}</ref> In 2009, two members of TMD were giving life sentences after murdering someone in South London.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8301601/Britains-most-notorious-gangs.html|title=Britain's most notorious gangs|last=Collins|first=Nick|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=2011-02-04|access-date=2019-08-08|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808144225/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8301601/Britains-most-notorious-gangs.html|archive-date=8 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetottenhamindependent.co.uk/news/4423103.tottenham-gangsters-jailed-for-nightclub-shooting/|title=Tottenham gangsters jailed for nightclub shooting|website=Tottenham Independent|date=5 June 2009 |language=en|access-date=2019-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808144228/https://www.thetottenhamindependent.co.uk/news/4423103.tottenham-gangsters-jailed-for-nightclub-shooting/|archive-date=8 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Late 2000s-present ===
==== NPK/Sin Squad ====
NPK (Northumberland Park Killers<ref name=":29" />), also known as Sin Squad,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/london-map-shows-territories-of-dozens-of-gangs-11492542|title=London map 'shows territories of dozens of gangs'|date=9 September 2018|website=[[Sky News]]|access-date=6 December 2021}}</ref> are a split-off group from TMD located in the Northumberland Park estate of Tottenham.<ref name="sites.google.com">{{Cite web|url=http://sites.google.com/site/londonstreetgangs/gang-lists/north-london-gangs/northumberland-park-npk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526170217/http://sites.google.com/site/londonstreetgangs/gang-lists/north-london-gangs/northumberland-park-npk|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-05-26|title=Northumberland Park (NPK) - www.londonstreetgangs.com|date=2011-05-26|access-date=2019-08-09}}</ref><ref name = LL>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/apr/26/lordship-lane-the-london-road-paying-a-heavy-toll-for-gang-warfare|title=Lordship Lane: the London road paying a heavy toll for gang warfare|first=Ian|last=Cobain|date=26 April 2018|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=18 December 2021}}</ref> It is identified using the colour purple.<ref name = jail>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetottenhamindependent.co.uk/news/4818793.gang-members-jailed/|title=Gang members jailed|first=James|last=Pennicott|date=23 December 2009|publisher=Tottenham & Wood Green Independent|access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref>
In 2007, a fight occurred between members of the NPK and the Shankstarz, a gang from neighbouring [[Edmonton, London|Edmonton]], following an attempted ambush on two Shankstarz members; the ambush was revenge for the attack of an NPK member at a club in [[Forest Gate]]. The fight involved up to 20 people near Hertford Road. In 2009, 6 members of the NPK and 5 members of the Shankstarz were sentenced for the fight.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/news/4468565.gangs-jailed-over-tottenham-and-edmonton-rivalry/|title=Gangs jailed over Tottenham and Edmonton rivalry|first=Elizabeth|last=Pears|date=1 July 2009|work=Enfield Independent|access-date=22 April 2022}}</ref>
In 2009, NPK members were imprisoned for the murder of Gary Guthrie<ref name="Lara Deauville">{{cite web|url=http://www.thelondonpaper.com/thelondonpaper/news/tottenham-gangsters-jailed-for-life-over-fatal-shooting|author=Lara Deauville|title=Tottenham gangsters jailed for life over fatal shooting|work=The London Paper|date=5 June 2009|publisher=archive.is|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://archive.today/20090607075239/http://www.thelondonpaper.com/thelondonpaper/news/tottenham-gangsters-jailed-for-life-over-fatal-shooting|archive-date=7 June 2009}}</ref> and ongoing violence between the NPK and the Shankstarz,<ref name="Elizabeth Pears">{{cite news|url=http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/whereilive/northlondon/tottenham/4468565.Gangs_jailed_over_Tottenham_and_Edmonton_rivalry/|title=Gangs jailed over Tottenham and Edmonton rivalry|publisher=This is Local London|author=Elizabeth Pears|date=1 July 2009|access-date=10 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324115714/http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/whereilive/northlondon/tottenham/4468565.Gangs_jailed_over_Tottenham_and_Edmonton_rivalry/|archive-date=24 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> including the attempted murder of Jerome "Smallman" Bruce-de-Rouche.<ref name = jail/>
In 2011, Bienvenu Vangu<!--(Steeler)-->, a member of the rival Wood Green Young Guns, attacked 2 members of NPK with an axe. He would plead guilty to [[violent disorder]], attempted wounding with intent and possession of a sharp-pointed article in a public place, and was sentenced to 6 years in prison, in addition to a 4-year license.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/crime/axe-wielding-gang-member-jailed-for-six-years-3425626|title=Axe-wielding gang member jailed for six years|first=Josh|last=Pettitt|date=14 December 2011|website=hamhigh.co.uk|access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetottenhamindependent.co.uk/news/9419146.violent-gang-member-jailed-for-vicious-axe-attack-on-rivals/|title=Violent gang member jailed for 'vicious' axe attack on rivals|first=Tristan|last=Kirk|date=14 December 2011|publisher=Tottenham & Wood Green Independent|access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref> In August the same year, Steven Grisales, an architecture student from Argentina, was stabbed to death by Ochaine Williams, a NPK member.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9330890/Conker-killer-removed-his-tag-before-murdering-student.html|title=Conker killer removed his tag before murdering student|date=14 June 2012|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211225225655/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9330890/Conker-killer-removed-his-tag-before-murdering-student.html|archive-date=25 December 2021|access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref> Williams would be sentenced to {{frac|10|1|2}} years in prison;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-18420545|title=Conker row murder: Life for boy who killed Steven Grisales|date=13 June 2012|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref> naming restrictions for Williams were lifted in October.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/judge-lifts-ban-on-naming-boy-who-stabbed-student-in-conker-row-8203731.html|title=Judge lifts ban on naming boy who stabbed student in conker row|date=9 October 2012|work=[[Evening Standard]]|access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref> His sentence would later be extended to 12 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-19889311|title=Steven Grisales conkers row murder: Killer's sentence increased|date=9 October 2012|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref>
In 2014, Corrine Allen was sentenced to 2 years in prison, suspended for 2 years, for driving Jermaine Nimoh, an NPK member, for the purpose of drug dealing. Nimoh was sentenced to 2 years and 9 months for possession with intent to supply.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/14663330.woman-who-drove-drug-dealer-around-swindon-walks-free-from-court/|title=Woman who drove drug dealer around Swindon walks free from court|first=Stephen|last=Davy-Osborne|date=4 August 2016|website=swindonadvertiser.co.uk|access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref> It was also noted in a report by the Integrated Gangs Unit in Haringey that there was increased tensions between the NPK and the Farm Mandem.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.minutes.haringey.gov.uk/documents/s51101/scrutiny%20report%20February%2019.pdf|title=Integrated Gangs Unit Haringey|date=31 March 2014|website=minutes.haringey.gov.uk|access-date=26 April 2022}}</ref>
On 3 February 2018, Kwabena Nelson, also known as Kobi and a former member of NPK,<ref name = spiked>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/09/03/why-are-our-young-people-killing-each-other/|title=Why are our young people killing each other?|first=Luke|last=Gittos|date=3 September 2021|website=spiked-online.com|access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref> was stabbed to death by members of the Wood Green Mob (WGM) following them crashing into his car.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/london-stabbing-murder-rate-kwabena-nelson-neron-quartey-a8481061.html|title=Armed gang deliberately crashed into car then stabbed man to death, court hears|first=Thomas|last=Hornall|date=7 August 2018|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref> Neron Quartey would be sentenced to a minimum of 26 years in August for involvement in his death.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/despicable-london-criminals-given-life-15357116|title=The despicable London criminals given life sentences in the second half of 2018|first=Frederica|last=Miller|date=2 January 2019|website=mylondon.news|access-date=14 February 2022}}</ref> Some weeks later, on 8 March, [[Killing of Kelvin Odunuyi|Kelvin Odunuyi]] - also known as Lampz<ref name = LL/> or DipDat<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/wood-green-shooting-grieving-mother-pays-tribute-to-victim-kelvin-odunuyi-aka-dipdat-who-was-gunned-down-outside-cinema-a3785756.html|title=Wood Green shooting: grieving mother pays tribute to victim Kelvin Odunuyi aka Dipdat, who was gunned down in escalating gang 'postcode' war|first=John|last=Dunne|date=9 March 2018|work=[[Evening Standard]]|access-date=10 February 2022}}</ref>- was shot to death outside the Vue cinema in [[Wood Green]]. It was assumed that Lampz's death was retaliation for the death of Kobi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-51722066|title=The rapper's track that sparked a wave of killings|date=3 March 2020|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=25 December 2021|quote=On 8 March 2018, five weeks after the murder of Kobi Nelson in Tottenham, 19-year-old rapper Kelvin Odunuyi was shot dead outside the Vue cinema in Wood Green. Police believe the second murder was a direct response to the first.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/north-london-news/met-policing-london-murders-rival-17063714|title=The Met Policing London - The murders by rival gangs that tore a community apart|first=Qasim|last=Peracha|date=10 October 2019|website=mylondon.news|access-date=14 February 2022}}</ref> As of August 2021, no one has been convicted for Lampz's murder.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/north-london-news/unsolved-murder-teen-shot-head-21349639|title=Unsolved murder of teen shot in head outside Vue cinema in long-running turf war|first=Jamie|last=Phillips|date=23 August 2021|website=mylondon.news|access-date=28 February 2022}}</ref>
Roughly one month following the death of Lampz, on 2 April, Tanesha Melbourne-Blake<!--(Nesha)--> was shot and killed alongside Chalgrove Road in Tottenham. The shooting was linked to the WGM-NPK conflict, with several posts tagged with "#NPK" making references to the death of Melbourne-Blake.<ref name = spiked/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/tottenham-shooting-npk-gang-claims-responsibility-for-tanesha-melbourne-s-death-in-sick-instagram-posts-a3807166.html|title=Tanesha Melbourne shooting: gang claims responsibility for Tottenham 'drive-by' in sick #NPK Instagram posts|first=Martin|last=Coulter|date=6 April 2018|work=[[Evening Standard]]|access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/london-tanesha-melbourne-shooting-gang-killing-npk-instagram-claim-a8291516.html|title=Tottenham gang 'claims responsibility' for shooting of Tanesha Melbourne in Instagram posts|first=Lydia|last=Smith|date=6 April 2018|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref> It was alleged that the murder was a revenge attack following a rapper from Wood Green, named Bobby Slater, being attacked at a restaurant in [[Farringdon, London|Farringdon]].<ref name = ":29"/> ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]'' offered a £50,000 reward for information regarding her killer.<ref name = LL/> In 2020, it was determined that the gun used in Melbourne-Blake's murder was used in another murder.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-51219285|title=Tanesha Melbourne-Blake: Gun used in shooting linked to another murder|date=23 January 2022|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=16 February 2022}}</ref>
In 2020, members of NPK, alongside [[SJ (rapper)|SJ]] of [[OFB (rap group)|OFB]], were sentenced to life for the murder of Kamali Gabbidon-Lynck, also known as K1,<ref name = tc/> and the attempted murder of Jason Fraser, both affiliated with the WGM.<ref name = "bbc"/><ref name = "es"/>
NPK is also associated with the [[UK drill]] music scene, with their members having released songs with accompanying music videos.<ref name="standard.co.uk">{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/these-artists-have-a-story-to-tell-music-producer-rejects-calls-to-ban-drill-music-videos-from-the-a3991851.html|title=Knife crime epidemic is a bigger problem than just drill music|date=16 November 2018|location=London|work=[[Evening Standard]]}}</ref> Rappers that go under the "Sin Squad (SS)" collective include Stewie, Bully B, GP, Uncs, KayyKayy, Tugga, MLoose, and LR.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://grmdaily.com/stewie-plugged-in/|title=SIN SQUAD'S STEWIE RE-UNITES WITH FUMEZ THE ENGINEER FOR NEW SOLO 'PLUGGED IN' FREESTYLE|first=Courtney|last=W|date=2 June 2021|website=grmdaily.com|access-date=18 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://grmdaily.com/cold-room-kayykayy-uncs-stewie/|title=SIN SQUAD'S KAYYKAYY, UNCS & STEWIE STEP INTO 'THE COLD ROOM' WITH TWEEKO|first=Courtney|last=W|date=14 October 2021|website=grmdaily.com|access-date=18 December 2021}}</ref> Tyrell "Trills" Graham and Shane "Sneakz" Lyons are also members of Sin Squad, however they are currently incarcerated for the murder of Gabbidon-Lynck.<ref name="bbc" />
==== OFB ====
{{main|OFB (rap group)}} OFB (Original Farm Boys) is the current gang associated with the [[Broadwater Farm Estate]]. They were preceded by Star Gang, a [[road rap]] group from the 2000s, an offshoot group from TMD which consisted of Headz (now known as [[Headie One]]) and Young RV (now known as [[RV (rapper)|RV]]), who later became prominent in the [[UK drill]] scene and formed part of the [[UK drill]] collective [[OFB (rap group)|OFB]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":28" /><ref name="fact" />
In 2020, SJ, alongside four others (Sheareem Cookhorn<!--(SlapIt/Shemz)-->, Tyrell "Trills" Graham, Shane "Sneakz" Lyons, and Ojay "O'Sav" Hamilton),<ref name = "bbc1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-54845899|title=Killed in 2019: Who has been brought to justice?|first1=Steve|last1=Swann|first2=Thomas|last2=Mackintosh|date=12 November 2020|website=bbc.com|access-date=26 March 2022}}</ref><ref name = "es">{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/drill-rapper-was-offered-ps150k-record-deal-after-arrest-for-murder-a4347696.html|title=Unmasked: Teenage killer is drill rapper offered £150k record deal while in prison charged with murder|first=Tristan|last=Kirk|date=29 January 2020|work=[[Evening Standard]]|access-date=26 March 2022}}</ref> was given a life sentence with a minimum of 21 years, following a court case at the [[Old Bailey]] for the murder of Kamali "K1" Gabbidon-Lynck<ref name=tc>{{Cite web|url=https://thecritic.co.uk/the-gentrification-of-drill/|title=The gentrification of Drill|first=Ben|last=Sixsmith|date=13 September 2021|work=[[The Critic (modern magazine)|The Critic]]|access-date=8 April 2022}}</ref> in Wood Green. The group was said to be linked to the NPK.<ref name = "bbc">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-51267730|title=Kamali Gabbidon-Lynck: Fight breaks out in court as killers jailed|date=27 January 2020|website=bbc.com|access-date=26 March 2022}}</ref> In protest of the sentence, Carl Stanbury, an electrician and alleged stepfather of Sneakz, jumped from the public gallery; he would be sentenced to 7 months in jail for doing so.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-51617168|title=Old Bailey protest: Carl Stanbury jailed for jumping into court|date=24 February 2020|website=bbc.com|access-date=26 March 2022}}</ref> SJ's sentence would later be reduced to a minimum of 19 years in 2021, which was announced via his [[Instagram]] account.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theshadeborough.com/ofbs-sj-gets-his-sentence-reduced-from-21-years-to-19-years/|title=OFB's SJ Gets His Sentence Reduced From 21 Years To 19 Years|date=27 March 2021|website=theshadeborough.com|access-date=26 March 2022}}</ref>
In 2022, [[Bandokay]], [[Double Lz]] and others were charged with violent disorder following a 2021 brawl at a [[Selfridges]] store, where two people were stabbed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/mark-duggan-brother-son-selfridges-stabbing-b979813.html|title=Mark Duggan's brother and son accused of being in Selfridges brawl where two people were stabbed|first=Tristan|last=Kirk|date=31 January 2022|work=[[Evening Standard]]|access-date=14 April 2022}}</ref>
==Operation Dibiri== In January 2014, it was reported that the [[Metropolitan Police]] had set up Operation Dibri to tackle the TMD. Detective Chief Inspectors Mark Foote stated the gang had "48 of Europe's most dangerous criminals", which he claimed included [[Death of Mark Duggan|Mark Duggan]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-24210480|title=Duggan 'one of 48 most violent'|date=2013-09-23|access-date=2019-08-08|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612052144/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-24210480|archive-date=12 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/mark-duggan-among-europes-most-feared-and-violent-criminals-before-his-death-sparked-the-2011-riots-8835363.html|title=Mark Duggan 'among Europe's most feared and violent criminals' before his death sparked the 2011 riots|date=2013-09-23|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2019-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808144237/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/mark-duggan-among-europes-most-feared-and-violent-criminals-before-his-death-sparked-the-2011-riots-8835363.html|archive-date=8 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The operation, live since November 2008,<ref name=":15" /> saw police "conducting a confidential covert proactive operation" in a bid to arrest the most senior members of a gang whose "line of business" involved the supply of [[class A drugs]], firearms, kidnapping, blackmail and [[grievous bodily harm]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2019|reason=I googled the quote and cannot find it.}} In 2011, the TMD ranked second on the Met's Organised Crime Network matrix, making them the second most harmful gang in the capital.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019|reason=I googled the quote and cannot find it.}} "TMD members and their associates are regularly attending nightclubs and parties in the London area and when doing so have firearms either on their person or nearby with their associates," a police report from 25 July 2011 said.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019|reason=I googled the quote and cannot find it.}}
==Mark Duggan== {{main|Death of Mark Duggan}}
In August 2011, Mark Duggan, a 29-year-old [[Tottenham]] resident, was shot and killed by the [[Metropolitan Police]] in Tottenham, north London. Officers were attempting to arrest Duggan, who was suspected to be carrying a gun. The circumstances of Duggan's killing resulted in public protests in Tottenham that were widely seen as the [[Proximate and ultimate causation|proximate cause]] of the [[2011 England riots]]. During the inquiry into his killing, police claimed that he was a member of the Tottenham Mandem.<ref name="Gallagher2013">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/mark-duggan-inquest-final-moments-of-man-who-sparked-london-riots-revealed-8822027.html|first=Paul|last=Gallagher|title=Mark Duggan inquest: Final moments of man who sparked London riots revealed|work=The Independent|date=2013-09-17|access-date=17 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912101835/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/mark-duggan-inquest-final-moments-of-man-who-sparked-london-riots-revealed-8822027.html|archive-date=12 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Notes == {{reflist|group=note}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20130921061057/http://www.londonstreetgangs.com/ London gangs resource website]
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