The individuals that the Huyton Firm’s crime lords believed had stolen more than £1 million worth of cocaine from them were to be killed.
10,000 of the company’s messages were obtained by News Panorama following a successful legal battle.
They divulge intentions for heinous acts of violence, such as an assault with hand grenades.
Two reticent brothers have run the Huyton Firm, so called after the area of Merseyside in which it is situated, for thirty years. They are now known as Vincent and Francis Coggins after a string of trials at Manchester Crown Court concluded.
The brothers felt their encrypted talks on the EncroChat messaging system were totally secure, so they conversed freely with other members of the firm.
