Bernard O'Mahoney
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Patrick Bernard O'Mahoney (born 15 March 1960 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England) is an English-born crime author of Irish descent.
[edit] Life
Bernard O'Mahoney currently lives in Harborne, Birmingham, West Midlands. He was born in Luton and has also lived in Wolverhampton, London, Peterborough, Basildon, Northern Ireland and South Africa.
He has three children, Adrian, Vinney and Karis.
In July 2004, he married 26-year-old Emma Elizabeth Turner, but she died on 2 December the same year from heart failure resulting from a common flu virus.
[edit] Works
Soldier of the Queen - centred on O'Mahoney's service with the British Army in Northern Ireland during the late 1970s and early 1980s, a career which he decided to embark upon to rescue himself from a decline into a life of crime, as well as a chance of making a fresh start after a traumatic home life which included frequent beatings from his alcoholic father.
Hateland Only a month after his arrest for planting bombs which killed three and mutilated scores, Nazi nailbomber David Copeland began a passionate correspondence with a delightful young English rose called Patsy. As he awaited trial, Copeland bombarded Patsy with letters detailing his disturbed background, crackpot beliefs and most intimate feelings. Through letters alone he fell madly in love with his tender-hearted pen-friend. But Copeland wasn't writing to the petite 20-year-old blonde of his imagination. His 'sweetheart' was in fact a burly 40-year-old nightclub bouncer called Bernard O'Mahoney, who in the past had used the same means to coax confessions from two child-killers. O'Mahoney's earlier hoaxes helped secure life sentences for these child-killers and so too did his correspondence with Copeland when the letters surfaced at the nailbomber's Old Bailey trial. But the remarkable story of how O'Mahoney snared Copeland is only a small part of Hateland's larger, more remarkable story. For the book is primarily the narrative of O'Mahoney's own gradual transition from Nazi thug to Nazi opponent.
Wannabe In My Gang Kray gang boss Tony Lambrianou, who served a life sentence for the brutal murder of Jack the Hat? McVitie, has threatened to kill Bernard O`Mahoney by smashing a hammer through his head. `Dodgy` Dave Courtney, who claims to have murdered two gangland rivals, tried to put him out of his misery and the most dangerous man in the country, John Gaffer Rollinson, has vowed to kill him when he finds him. But OMahoney, one-time friend of the notorious Kray brothers and former key member of the Essex Boys gang, isnt concerned about any of these threats, because he knows the truth about the wannabe gangsters who have built their reputations on fantasy gleaned from Hollywood movies and `true crime` books written by their heroes. Wannabe in my Gang? spans two decades and involves the most infamous names and crimes in British history. It gives a unique insight into the Kray brothers firm, revealing that its public image was a far cry from the truth.
Also uncovered is what happened to the remaining members of the Essex Boys firm following the death of Ecstasy victim Leah Betts and the murder of three of its leaders, who were found dead in their blood-spattered Range Rover one winters evening. For the first time ever, OMahoney will expose the gangland myths that have made legends of those who claim to be responsible for mayhem and murder. He reveals the sordid secret of one of Britains most infamous gangsters and tells the truth about the impostors who make a living selling stories and writing books about events that have never even happened. Wannabe in my Gang? is the book that many in the underworld never wanted the public to read. A crime expose of the highest order, it is shocking, revelatory and gripping from beginning to end.
Essex Boys A new edition of a book formerly known as "So This is Ecstacy?", this is the true story of the rise of one of the most violent and successful criminal gangs of the 90s. The author of the book was a key member of that gang, and this is his inside account of their violent ways. Their reign ended when the three leaders were murdered
The Dream Solution - The story of Bernard O'Mahoney's two crusades on behalf of, then against two sisters accused of murder. Michelle and Lisa Taylor were found guilty of killing Alison Shaughnessy but released after an exhaustive campaign by O'Mahoney - who then came round to an opposite view of their innocence. Way to go Bernard!
Bonded By Blood - Blood-soaked corpses and the faces of three teenagers poisoned by Ecstasy are the images that flash through Bernard O'Mahoney's mind when he closes his eyes and recalls his past. O'Mahoney was a key member of the Essex Boys firm - one of the most violent criminal gangs in Britain. In December 1995, the three leaders of the firm were executed as they sat in their Range Rover down a deserted farm track. For many, this meant that the horror of the gang's brutal reign was over. For Jack Whomes and Michael Steele, the nightmare had just begun. Convicted of the murders on the word of a supergrass, these two men have spent a decade in prison for crimes they claim they did not commit. In 2006 they failed in their attempt to have their convictions overturned by the Court of Appeal but they have now asked for their case to be reviewed by the House of Lords. In "Bonded by Blood", O'Mahoney goes back to exorcise his ghosts and lay the past to rest. He returns to the scene of the murders and relives the bloody encounters that marked his time as a gang member. Divided by greed, bonded by the blood of their victims, the Essex Boys' rise to the top of the criminal underworld was as dramatic as their final fall.
Wild Thing - by Bernard O`Mahoney Everybody in the unlicensed fight game knows that one man above all others has the right to be called 'Guv'nor' - and that man is Lew 'Wild Thing' Yates. Yates began boxing at the age of six, and as an adult he was ruthless in pursuit of his dream of becoming world heavyweight champion. But when his licence was revoked following an assault on a referee, Yates turned to the murky world of unlicensed boxing. By day, Yates trained hard in order to become king of the unlicensed ring. By night, he dealt with the gangsters and drug dealers foolish enough to take him on in the clubs where he worked. While he survived being shot at and stabbed, two of his associates were not so lucky. Both were executed, shot through the head at close range. Their murders remain unsolved, but Yates now imparts controversial information about the assassins and reveals why both men were killed. "Wild Thing" documents how Yates rose to the top of his bloody profession amid extremely turbulent circumstances in his personal life, which resulted in him raising his three children alone while struggling to make ends meet. Along the way he made many friends, including boxing legend Nigel Benn, as well as enemies, such as international drug trafficker Mickey Green. This is his remarkable story.
Essex Boys - The New Generation - In December 1995, three key members of the infamous Essex Boys firm were executed in their Range Rover after being lured to a deserted farm track by the promise of a lucrative drug deal. The police predicted that the void left as a result of the murders would cause a gangland war that would extend across London and much of the south-east. Essex Boys, The New Generation tells the chilling true story of the gang that destroyed everything that stood in their way to take control of their fallen predecessors' drug empire. With a reputation for ruthless violence, the gang expanded and protected their drug-dealing operation with a terrifying combination of bloodshed and intimidation. In February 2001, tensions within their circle boiled over and resulted in one member being shot dead. The police investigation was met with a wall of silence and for three years it seemed as if the case would remain unsolved.A leading member of the gang was eventually charged, but in an unexpected twist he became the prosecution's star witness. While a murder conviction was finally secured, the real truth surrounding the murder and the gang's psychotic crimes has never been revealed. Now, for the first time, former Essex Boys member Bernard O'Mahoney tells the full, extraordinary story of the rise and fall of the gang that took over the Essex underworld from him and his associates
