Notorious drug dealing brothers Ian and Jason Fitzgibbon ordered to repay fraction of criminal profits . Who do you know? There were reports of a near 'riot' as the two groups clashed.The dealer agreed to meet Daniel Smith near the Village Hotel in Whiston.
Liverpool’s notorious Fitzgibbon crime family are set to be separated from their illicit drugs fortune. The Dutch case ultimately collapsed due to a lack of evidence.But the extent of the role played by the doting grandma shocked and surprised detectives.SOCA officer Neil Burton revealed how Christine was an expert on advising her sons how to avoid the law – and how she could work out exchange rates for European drug deals at a drop of a hat.The same device also recorded the brothers singing a pop song called 'It's all about the money.'Documentary makers have taken a fresh look at one of Liverpool's more well known crime familiesMr Burton added: “It was apparent that Christine in effect schooled her children from an early age on how to disregard the laws of the land.The police operation which brought down a notorious Liverpool crime family has been made the subject of a television documentary.Get the Liverpool Echo newsletter in your inbox - twice a day, every dayMum Christine, who admitted laundering £180,000 drug cash found hidden beneath floorboards in her Mossley Hill home, was jailed for two years.But when the dealer could not find the right car, Jason became angry. He said: "You’ve let my bird down. A court ruled today that they should pay back £219,631 and £202,810 respectively, after a judge heard that there were only limited assets found available to confiscate.“It will mean an additional sentence on top of what is already a lengthy prison sentence.Jason and Ian Fitzgibbon were locked up for a combined 30 years in 2013 over a multi-million pound plot to smuggle high-strength heroin from Turkey to Merseyside.Ian also admitted an £800k plot to flood Merseyside with 168,000 ecstasy tablets, for which his sidekick Danny Smith, of Warren Road, Blundellsands, was jailed for 10 years.Two drug dealing brothers in Liverpool’s notorious Fitzgibbon family were made to pay back just a fraction of their vast criminal profits.An undercover probe also heard the brothers arguing over who was the best drug dealer and boasting about their lavish lifestyle.Brothers must hand over more than £200,000 each or face extra 30 months in prisonJason, 42, and Ian, 41, are set to each face an additional two-and-a-half years in prison if they cannot meet the court’s order.Get the Liverpool Echo newsletter in your inbox - twice a day, every dayA Rolex watch, cash in a bank account and £1,000 cash will go towards footing the bill - as will the sale of the home in Mossley Hill, in which she has equity.Richard Simons, representing Ian Fitzgibbon, said his client “flatly denied” having hidden assets and that a stake in his former matrimonial home would be used to pay off some off the bill.Intelligence from England to the Turkish gendarmerie stopped the deal in its tracks and on September 26, 2011, five local drug traffickers were rounded up.Both Ian and Jason were handed serious crime prevention orders and financial reporting orders aimed at preventing a return to crime.Manchester Crown Court heard today that the brothers had resigned themselves to serving the extra prison sentences, and claimed that they do not have the money to meet the confiscation order.The 62-year-old was said to have made £280,000 by laundering the illicit profits of her sons, Ian and Jason.The proceeds of crime hearing continues in respect of Danny Smith, who is alleged to have made £148,000 crime profits through drug dealing.He said: “The real reality in this case is that any sentence your honour passes will have to be served by him.”Authorities had suspected that their ill-gotten gains could be hidden - claims which the brothers flatly denied.“He is a man who is well in to his forties.
He is looking forward to the time of his release to make a fresh start. The aftermath of the failed drug deal in Turkey was recorded in part by a covert listening device.The orders mean the pair have to abide by stringent conditions upon their release and regularly report their finances to the authorities.The siblings, who detectives believe have never held legitimate jobs, were said to have made £1.53m and £1.66m each from their drugs enterprises.On Monday, Christine Fitzgibbon, the matriarch of the crime family, was told to pay back more than £120,000 in ill-gotten gains - or face more than two-and-a-half years in prison.“The period [in prison] in default [of payment] is identical in each case.”Police said ‘quid’ was a codeword for ‘thousand’, and 300,000 euros was the wholesale cost of the heroin.Ian Fitzgibbon was later recorded remarking: “That’s the story of Jason’s life, that Turkey thing.
I’ll show you what happens when you let people down. He has got a very long time ahead of him to contemplate that.”The Fitzgibbons, whose violent exploits and feuds with rivals as a family stretch back decades on Merseyside, were described as “tier one criminals at the top of their game” before an 18-month undercover operation left their empire in tatters.“If the amount [to repay] was only £2,000, he could not pay it. Don’t treat me like an idiot. But when he arrived he was jumped by a group of men wearing balaclavas, and then stabbed. ’ll meet up with you.