Episode 625: Mob boss Whitney Hughes handed down prison sentence
15 July 2024 - 19 minsShe the daughter of murdered gang boss Mark ‘The Chicken’ Lovell who was gunned down in December 2022.
Now 31 year old Whitney Hughes has been sent to jail after she was described as the head of an organised crime gang.
Nicola speaks with journalist Allison Morris about the woman who boasts that she took over her father’s gang but who a judge described as a young lady.
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