GODFATHER'S EVIL EMPIRE SHATTERED BY A HAIL OF BULLETS AND DRUGS

Death of boss's heir and his own demise a watershed

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shotguns as they ambushed the 16 staff members starting their shift.

A female worker survived being shot in the head before the gang, unable to get the keys to the vault, fled empty-handed.

Healy, described as the “UK's most dangerous man”, was jailed for 19 years. MacDonald got 16 years.

Ferris was eventually imprisoned after his arrest in London in 1997 following a two-year surveillance operation by MI5 and Special Branch.

At his trial at the Old Bailey in July 1998 he was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment after being convicted of conspiracy to sell or transfer prohibited weapons, conspiracy to deal in firearms and possessing explosives, although the sentence was reduced to seven years.