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A reformed drugs gang leader has told how he turned his back on crime – but he’ll always carry a little piece of his violent past with him.
Matthew Norford led a gang during some of Manchester’s most violent times in the 1980s, but has now turned his life around. Speaking on the Daily Express’ On The Edge podcast, he recalled some of his most hair-raising moments.
“I got shot with a machine gun, I’ve still got the bullet still in my leg,” he said, referencing a violent shootout with members of a rival gang. For once wasn’t carrying his own gun. He explained: “I saw a kid with a machine gun, walking sideways to steady himself and I thought ‘Oh this kid knows what he’s doing.’
“As I’m leaning forward, my bulletproof vest came up, so I’m thinking ‘Oh he’s going to rip through my intestines,’ in that moment I said ‘God if this kid’s going to shoot me, please let him shoot me in my lower body’.” Matthew got his wish – but one of the bullets hit him in the penis.
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