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In 1998 Operation Waddington began this was an 18 months operation and the basis for of the covert recording device being placed into the diner was the seizure made (quarter kilo of cannabis and 1 kilo of cocaine) on Brian Pero on the 23rd April 1999. Despite being arrested with these drugs in his vehicle he was given bail. Also at his caravan was 15 kilo of amphetamine which the police recovered.
The Regional Crime Squad during the trial stated permission was obtained on the 30th April 1999 Pero attended back at the diner on the 6th May 1999 the prosecution state this was for Pero to explain what had occurred on the 23 April as that prosecution suggested the bag was for Webb and Others.
However during legal arguments in this case it was stated by the prosecution that the recording device was not turned on until the 16th June however a review was done on the 9th June.
The defence solicitors raised this as surely how could a review be done on the recording device when it was not turned on this was a matter of PII and was not disclosed. Brian Pero had met William Webb in Prison. At no time did Pero or Webb telephone each other or meet each other however on the morning of the 22nd April Pero telephoned Webb out of the blue and needed to see Webb..
A meeting took place at the diner on the 22nd April. The Police then decide to follow Pero's movements continuously on the 23rd April (no other person had surveillance of this nature purely by attending at the diner) however when Pero and Jones are seen to drive off together no officers followed they simply take note of what Vivien Pero(Brian Peros wife ) was in the doorway of Lou Macari's chip shop Stretford Manchester.
The defence in this case are now aware Pero was arrested on the 16th April 1999 as well as the 23rd April this has since come to light from disclosure arising out of the Wright case 10 years later.
We believe the covert recording was on and recording when Pero entered the diner on the 23rd April but this will show it was actually Pero that approached Webb and Others regarding drugs and he was told they were not interested, we understand the family of Brian Pero whom dispute he is a police informer have his case papers but refuse to share them with any party we believe this is due to the fact it will show his arrest was on the 16th April.
On the 6 May Pero returned to the diner we understand Pero contacted Webb this is established via telephone itemised billing and informed Webb he had been arrested and wanted to see Webb and Others. Webb agreed to see him at the diner. We are aware Pero explained what he had been involved with to Webb during this conversation and therefore inadvertently convicted himself to a far greater extent and therefore without the Crown using PII to hide this information this CD transcript they would have had no alternative but to arrest Pero again at that time and detain him things did not go according to plan for the Regional Crime Squad.
When Pero was arrested on the 23rd April his phones were seized however one of them began making phone calls on two occasions on the evening of the 24th April this was brought up at trial and they had been seized by the Police during his arrest and could not be answered sufficiently the number called had never been rang before from Peros mobile and we believe he was telephoning his handler.
Also in the phone records on the 20th April calls to a travel company based in Eccles were made and Ireland we consider Pero was making arrangements to leave the UK after his arrest on the 16th April.
Officers Abbott, Todd, O'Shea all officers involved in this case.
2000-01 Carl Jones arrested and convicted., This case surrounded the events on the 23rd April he met Brian Pero and gave Pero a carrier bag. Carl Jones is convinced that he was entrapped by Pero. As a result of the meeting with Pero officers followed Jones to 296 Huddersfield Road this is where they began a separate operation called Patea.
Officers Todd, Abbott, O'Shea all involved.
2001 Operation Watertower/defendants Thomas Joyce/Anthony Marshall and others Brian Pero instigated this conspiracy he was never arrested, despite ongoing surveillance for 18 months at no point is Pero mentioned. Nearly all of the surveillance again was ruled PII. Again Pero disappeared only a matter of weeks before arrests were made. Bearing in mind at this exact time Pero is a fugitive on the run, he should have easily been identified immediately and subsequently arrested. The Trial Judge was Ensor at Manchester Crown Court at the conclusion of this Trial the Judge praised the officers on their hard work and dedication to this operation. The Officer involved in this case is Todd.
In 2002 Defendants Andrew Burke/Lance Jones. A Defendant from Op Watertower put Brian Pero in contact with Lance Jones and Andrew Burke. Again Pero not arrested but all other defendants were.
2004 Pero is still a fugitive on the run. In disclosure dated 29th April 2008, it states that the Dutch authorities recovered from a ship a quantity of plastic bags which contained drug traces. This led to premises being searched in Holland on the 8th January 2004 with 250kgs of cannabis, 914,000 amphetamine tablets and 170,000 cigarettes being recovered. Arrested in connection with this seizure was Pero, using a fake passport in the name of Michael Egan and other Identification documents in the name of Eric Smith the photograph is Pero. Again Pero not detained for extradition to the UK despite his involvement in all the above offences and being identified as wanted by Greater Manchester Police.
Letter from Mr Van Gessel (instructed by Levys solicitors) confirms that Pero was arrested for 30 kgs of cannabis (not 250kgs) 914,000 amphetamine tablets and 170,000 cigarettes. Disclosure from the CPS and the Dutch authorities also shows that. In fact 250kgs were seized(see exhibit 5) The letter from levys solicitors also confirms that he pleaded guilty to the charges of tobacco importation and possession of cannabis(NOT IMPORTATION OF CANNABIS) and received a sentence of 1 year 8 months of which he served 6 months. He also received a fine of e35,000 equivalent £25,000.Mr Van Gessel also confirmed that the fine of £25,000 is a greater sum than the unpaid duty (i.e. he paid more than was due). WHERE DID 220KGS OF THE 250KGS SEIZED DISSAPEAR TO? WHERE DID THE 914,000 AMPHETAMINE TABLETS DISSAPPEAR TO? How did the trace amounts on the ship mysteriously and coincidentally lead them to Pero’s lock up? What date was the ship searched when trace amounts of drugs were found? And what date was Pero arrested? How was Pero released from custody in Holland as he had no identification/passport a person cannot be released without the UK Authorities giving this to him? He had his UK passport seized on the 23rd April 1999 and this was part of his bail conditions to surrender his passport. The passport in the name Egan and the documentation in the name Eric Smith was confirmed fake by the Dutch authorities.
Disclosure was given but there were missing communications between Holland to the UK i.e all Interpol documents are numbered. Information was requested regardingall contacts between the UK and Interpol/Europol re Michael Egan Eric Smith and Brian Pero and still none been disclosed to the defence when requested. Again Pero manages to escape prosecution for operation Waddington. The extradition department in London have stated it was an admin error.
The Crown in Operation Paunch confirm no international arrest warrant exists for Brian Pero.
Operation Paunch defendants James Shaw/Charlie Wright and others
Officers Neil Abbott, O'Shea and Todd all mentioned in this case.
Observations were made outside the flat Pero was residing at. Police officers state they overheard a conversation in which one of the defendants state we have the green light. The Police were already waiting outside the flat where Pero was residing when these defendant arrived. At no stage had any of the defendant attended at Pero's residence prior to this day therefore how did the officers know where to go. The officers made enquiries who resided by the block of flats.
Four weeks prior to the arrests taking place a text message from the mobile number which is now the Crown accept is Brian Pero's(please consider the Police never confirmed this prior to the Trial they tried to suggest the phone belonged to another person however all the numbers called by this phone were Brian Pero's direct family only. The text message consisted of he needed his papers back to buy some white paint. This was to Defendant Wright. Again Pero has managed to avoid prosecution and never arrested.
The Crown at first never disclosed who Brian was until the day of the Trial.
A person in the Court room recalled the name from Operation Waddington and the following questions arose.
The defence ask the following?
1. Is/was Brian Pero a paid informant?
2. Is or was Brian Pero a registered informant?
3. Was information from Brian Pero used to get authorisation for the probes in all the above operations? (i.e. operation Waddington covert recording was purely on the basis of what was seized from Pero.
As a result of the name Brian Pero being brought out the Crown offer a deal of dropping counts 1 and 2 on all defendants lenient sentences were given as a direct result. January 2010 Manchester Crown Square, Manchester case concluded.
Brian Ernest Pero has subsequently passed away August 2021 however what other involvement he has had in cases we shall continue to share information we receive and we hope those entrapped by Brian Pero will be given a fair trial/ retrial it clearly had an impact in the case of Wright and Others.
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