'MI5 trained me to bring down Moss Side's gangsters'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukRaised on the streets of a 'tough Manchester council estate' Shay Doyle could easily have turned to a life of crime. Instead, he ended up playing the part of a gangster and helped bring down some of Manchester's most feared underworld figures.
The soldier-turned-undercover policeman risked his life to infiltrate south Manchester's gangland. He was also on the frontline of some of the most high profile police operations in Greater Manchester history, including the Stepping Hill poisonings and the hunt for double cop killer Dale Cregan. Read more: Billy Wilson was sick of his mum's ex-partner.
The revenge he took was gruesome But the 17 years he spent in his covert career took a terrible toll on his personal life and mental health, sparking a catastrophic breakdown.
Now, in an explosive memoir, Doyle (not his real name) has told how he went from a council estate kid to become one of the UK's elite undercover cops.
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