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I've got defense mechanism and And the best form of defense Now today's story is about a man who had the wall that he's be Gavin Grant was born on the 27th of March 1984 he grew up on a stone bridge park estate in northwest London Stone bridge suffers from high rates of violent crime Irregularly tops Brent's crime tables and has a serious gun problem So Gavin was a talented footballer due to his belief in his own ability He put all his eggs in one basket, which was football This dream however took a brutal setback when he was dropped from the Watford Academy at the age of 16 He was at the age of adolescence with his hormones all over the place Which is especially dangerous in a place like stone bridge where other opportunities to make money are through crime Plenty of explanations for teenage turmoil are available It's normal for teenagers to assert their independence and exploding this movie taking risks Breaking rules and rebelling against their parents while still relying on them for support and protection This was sadly the case for Gavin He and his friends residing the stone bridge park estate formed the gang known as fucks of stone bridge They called themselves the suspect guy who was led by gang leader Damian Williams This lifestyle choice by Gavin and told living the high life of selling drugs Living lavish and gangline shootings on rival crews. They say money is the root of all evil As for all money-focused kinds those at the bottom get envious of those at the top Regardless if they are part of the same team or not now fucks of stone bridge member Leon Labastidi Also known as Playboy was a known drug dealer in the state He was rumoured to have been involved in a burglary where he and two other accomplices Robbed romaine white, which is another fucks of stone bridge member for his drugs and money Not too long after White informed fucks of stone bridge members that playboy had robbed him Damian Williams being a boss saw this as an act of treason and ordered to have playboy killed because of his involvement Now both Gavin Grant and Gareth Downey were tasked with a job of finding playboy and killing him Gavin along with Gareth gunned down the former friend Leon Labastidi AKA Playboy outside his mother's house in Mordorne Road on the stone bridge estate in June 2004 Now this calls gun crime in the borough of friend I'll be telling y'all man that gangsta ain't even you know what I'm saying like it'd be your own homies Back during you setting you up Y'all hear rappers in America. They'd be like I can play your man so it'll get you wiped. That's true They can really pay you most people in the hood have never seen a thousand dollars all at once like The rise in such a short span over 30 plus shootings were recorded from 2004 till 2005 One of those incidences involving Damian Williams the boss of thugs of stone bridge and friend of Gavin Grant being ambushed While sitting in his car when two rival gang members approached him from both angles and sprayed his vehicle Luckily he had survived the attempted murder After the assassination of playboy this led to many tit-for-tat shootings from rival gang members who had previous affiliations with playboy No one was charged for his murder at a moment due to lack of witnesses coming forth However, that wouldn't stop people from exposing who his killers were one individual Sean Saphonies aka fuzi was a prominent figure in the Kingsbury area He was rumoured to have posted threatening letters through several folks of stone bridge members letterboxes to expose them for what they had done This wouldn't sit well with many members leading to folks of stone bridge members to look for Sean Now Jamal Moore aka footage was a Kensal Green boy member and Church Road affiliate Now at about 11 30 p.m. On January evening in 2005 Gavin Grant and fellow folks of stone bridge members went on a ride out looking for Sean Sean had been celebrating at a family party near Willesden Green in North London along with Jamal Moore Sean left the party driven off in a taxi Granny CCTV footage recovered later by police showed four hooded bugs of stone bridge members walking in darkness towards the house The men then see a taxi pass. They then move off camera continuing towards the house They had come for Sean, but once there spotted 24 year old Jamal Moore and turned on him instead They opened fire 16 shots were fired peppering the silver renal as he'd got out to get some beer from a shop near Willesden Green Jamal Moore was hitting the chest and rolled down the hill He called 999 on his mobile phone and he's an ambulance quick. He groaned. I've been shot I'm in the back garden quick. Please. I'm dying. Please help He's then heard name one of the shooters. It was Rufus, you know Rufus shot me Rufus real name Roberto Parchman was a known gunman in Stonebridge now after the shooting spider real name Darren drove the car away from the crime scene and set fire to burn evidence But his hair got caught on fire along with his legs. It was immediately rushed to hospital You can't even dispose of the Okay, and later niche for his involvement now in 2005 Gavin Grant while juggling two different lives managed to catch a break in his football career He first signed for a non-league club two in a mission before being signed by Gilligan Who were league one side where the league's top 100 earners earned around seven thousand pound per week? Gavin was finally a professional footballer while being responsible for the murder of two men Gavin managed to make So Gavin at 16 Was kicked out turned to the streets and while trying to still get in football he became like Heavily involved then made it to one of the most lucrative bang clubs in this area or whatever seven thousand a week Do you know what he's gonna do? I know Anybody that make it does involve or that's still in the streets Think that's now your gang got money instantly because he's gonna he's gonna supply everything that's needed He just that this whatever gang suspect game or They just became the most dangerous gang in the area because he got all the money now Time to upgrade all everything 10 appearances for Gilligan and score one goal before he later joined Millwall a famous Southeast London known best for their bloody football who live in culture and rivalry with West Ham now in Gavin Grant was arrested and tried for the murder of Jamal Moore Now remember how spider was arrested for his involvement where he was sentenced to 22 years for the murder of Jamal Moore However, he later agreed to testify in court to decrease his life sentence on various charges BBC News stated that four people are facing life. It's not even real life out there. It's just 22 years You could have sat down and did that Because what they give you two three years off And now you're a rat for life And still gotta be in jail with that title Sentences after Britain's first black supergrass gave evidence against them during a number of trials at the Old Bailey Now what makes spy the case unusual is that his deal came after he had been convicted in December 2008 of murdering Jamal Moore and had been jailed for life with a minimum tariff of 22 years He subsequently did a deal with the police and the crime prosecution service and his sentence will reduce to eight years In return he agreed to give evidence at several trials now during the trial of Darren Mathurin aka spider He claimed he was only the getaway driver in the killing of Jamal Moore Naming Romain White and Parchman aka Rufus as the gunman both from Kenton in north London denied murder However, they were sentenced to a minimum terms of 28 years and 27 years respectively Gavin Cron was cleared of conspiracy to murder now Roberto Parchman 24 years old originally I ain't gonna lie Gavin had that money man when you in the streets and the best investment as a lawyer If you're gonna be in the streets not chains not cars get you a lawyer to put him on put him on Retention or whatever his car payroll and you good forever Don't fight for you Because nine times out of ten in the streets, you don't see a big big money at one point And you might not ever see that amount of money again So with that amount of money, I'm not condoning nothing, but I'm saying get you a lawyer with it Put them on retainer. Here it is. That's the word put them on retainer. Have yourself good for however long you can get good for Cuz eventually the fears come a knock in my boy He convicted of Moore's murder was found guilty again Following a retrial brought about by the involvement of super grass spider the first use of operation trident He was jailed for life again in order to serve the remainder of his 28-year sentence from Hey, imagine getting Agreeing to turn right for For a lesser sentence then a retrial happened after you to write it on everybody and you've got the same Sentence and have to go back in there and serve the exact same sentence like that's messed up. That's all that for nothing You've been told on everybody now everybody in there You're not gonna make it out of there main white 24 who had been previously convicted of conspiracy to murder was cleared By a 10 to 2 majority verdict now Gavin returned to his footballing career Millwall would sell him to we can be wonderers who would sign on a two-year contract He only played ten times in two years and then later became a free agent He got so desperate to get back to his footballing career that he signed for Bradford on a non-contract basis on the 26th of February 2010 He got bags of potential and is a good finisher said former England manager will be a caretaker Peter Taylor who managed granted we can be and Bradford and said he's got an eye for goal He's quick. He's an athlete and he'll only get better Unfortunately for Taylor Gavin wooden as he was later rested for the murder of Leon Labestidi aka playboy in July Okay, Gavin Grant along with boss Damian Williams and Gareth Downey all stood trial for his murder Now super snitch spider once again gave evidence. He stood looking Oh at this point spider is working with the gut like at this point. He is an employee of the government like Like you like he just was like forget it. I might as well just keep snitching because I guarantee you they was they was Tyson fury in that man in jail He's like man, I'm gonna turn on everybody Again for the third time tired Frequently chewing his lower lip. He said that after learning of the shooting or playboy He went to Damian Williams house. I went inside and saw Gavin coming out of the bathroom He'd been washing gunpowder off and water was dripping off his head He saw me and the first thing he said was is he dead? I said I think so. He's on the floor Gavin Grant 26 who was still listed as a midfielder on Bradford City was handed a 25-year sentence Gareth Downey 25 years old from Birmingham received a similar term for murder as the Damian Williams Who was 32 or South of South London for conspiracy to murder now? Let me talk you through this famous picture of Fox or Stonebridge members Spider center with face obscured to hide his identity With Damian Williams far left the one of the tire and Gavin Grant second from right in the Czech shirt Who was later jailed for murder? Now in 2009 Stonebridge member K cope who later became one of the UK's biggest ever rappers dropped a track titled Are you a lone fan? Dedicated to dissing super snitch spider real name Okay, the song sits at 10 million views today K cook made it clear that he was never welcome home And if he was ever seen he'll be murdered on site Some of the lyrics read I'm too street for you halfway crooks get guilty and try and pass they book spilled beans Cuz they are so sure real G's gonna read that book you feel me snitch Now Grant's conviction was a stunning success for tried-and-offices as he was sent down Grant was seen to be weeping Early months before he had been playing professional football trying to resurrect the career that had stored when he was 16 Because he had a mated with Watford He went back to Stonebridge and hung around with friends and family there and got into wrong things Then after the shootings he tried to sort himself out, but it was too late Man once you out man, even if you young and you out on like some school stuff like Do your best not to come back Say if you go away for college do your best Don't you even need to come back if you if you just if it's a vicious environment far too late Cuz bad always has a more more of an appeal than doing good Like if we're being honest and that brings me to the end of the story of Gavin Grant Don't forget to hit that salute sky boy appreciate this man. 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