Episode 426: Whitney Hughes - the drug dealers daughter heading up an OCG in Newry
18 November 2023 - 23 minsThe PSNI has told a court that the daughter of a drug dealer shot dead last year is the “head of an organised crime group”. Mark ‘The Chicken’ Lovell was gunned down in Newry in December – a killing believed to have been ordered by a local drug gang.
But now it is alleged that Whitney Hughes (31), who faces a series of drug charges, has become the outfits top dog.
Nicola speaks with Belfast Telegraph Crime Correspondent Allison Morris about a woman accused of sitting at the top of a man’s world.
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