Paul Grimes
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Paul Grimes is a former gangster who, from an early age, was active in Liverpool
's criminal underworld. He has 38 criminal convictions and was involved in a range of violent and illegal activities. He also set up legal businesses recycling scrap metal and disposing of waste. He was rich, successful and at the top of the gangster hierarchy when his son Jason died of a heroin overdose in 1992, at the age of 21. This tragedy led to Grimes becoming a police informer with the aim of bringing down the drug dealers who he felt had destroyed his son's life. His evidence has led to successful prosecutions against high profile dealers such as John Haase
and Curtis Warren. The information Grimes provided also led to his son Heath being jailed for five years.
Grimes is now part of a witness protection program. He has survived six assassination attempts and has a £100,000 bounty on his head.
In the book Powder Wars Graham Johnson offers insight into Paul Grimes' life as first criminal and then supergrass.
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
's criminal underworld. He has 38 criminal convictions and was involved in a range of violent and illegal activities. He also set up legal businesses recycling scrap metal and disposing of waste. He was rich, successful and at the top of the gangster hierarchy when his son Jason died of a heroin overdose in 1992, at the age of 21. This tragedy led to Grimes becoming a police informer with the aim of bringing down the drug dealers who he felt had destroyed his son's life. His evidence has led to successful prosecutions against high profile dealers such as John Haase
John Haase (criminal)
John Haase is a convicted drug dealer and associate of Curtis Warren.John Haase and his nephew Paul Bennett are career criminals with convictions for bank robbery and drug smuggling. In 1996 Haase and Bennett were given a Royal Pardon 11 months into 18 year prison sentences for heroin smuggling,...
and Curtis Warren. The information Grimes provided also led to his son Heath being jailed for five years.
Grimes is now part of a witness protection program. He has survived six assassination attempts and has a £100,000 bounty on his head.
In the book Powder Wars Graham Johnson offers insight into Paul Grimes' life as first criminal and then supergrass.