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Middlesbrough’s Hidden Gang Threat | Leeds News
Former Middlesbrough mayor Andy Preston warns that small, violent criminal gangs are terrorizing communities, turning neighborhood disputes into arson and ram-raiding—with deadly consequences. Amid a grim week of tragedies, he blames both individual choices and a lenient justice system for failing to stop the cycle, dismissing poverty as the root cause despite the town’s thriving tech sector. He paints these criminals as an underclass operating outside the law, whose actions breed fear because victims stay silent—afraid of retaliation or lack of justice. Yet, Preston insists most of…
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