| Born | 1948 (age 71–72) Liverpool, England |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Gangster |
Southwark crown court heard that John Haase, 59, and Paul Bennett, 44, arranged for weapons to be found behind the Cheers pub, in Aigburth Road, so they could link them to the rival gangs.Liverpool drug barons blamed a stash of weapons on the Ungi and Fitzgibbon families so they could get their own sentences slashed, a court was told. Liverpool gangster John Haase not trusted by police officer he first 'informed' to Apr 26, 2012 07:05 By Liverpool Echo Share Share Tweet +1 Email THE police officer to who Liverpool gangster John Haase first turned informant told a court he “wouldn’t trust him as far as I could throw him”.
John Haase (born 1948) is an Englishgangster, drug dealer and associate of Curtis Warren.[1][2][3]
John Haase, from Everton, was leading member of a violent armed robbery crew that targeted transit vans in the early 1980s. But in the early 2000s the majority of young criminals wanted to be involved in the drugs business. He has 38 criminal convictions and was involved in a range of violent and illegal activities. He also set up legal businesses recycling scrap metal and disposing of waste. He was rich, successful and at the top of the gangster hierarchy when his son Jason died of a heroin overdose in 1992, at the age of 21. This tragedy led to Grimes becoming a police informer with the aim of bringing down the drug dealers who he felt had destroyed his son's life. John Haase is an English gangster, drug dealer and associate of Curtis Warren. John Haase and his nephew Paul Bennett are career criminals with convictions for bank robbery and drug smuggling. In 1996, Haase and Bennett were given a Royal Pardon 11 months into 18-year prison sentences for heroin smuggling, having provided information leading to the seizure of firearms. The Home Secretary, Michael Howard, was criticized for the decision, and in 2008 Haase and Bennett were convicted of having set.
John Haase and his nephew Paul Bennett are career criminals with convictions for bank robbery and drug smuggling. In 1996, Haase and Bennett were given a Royal Pardon 11 months into 18-year prison sentences for heroin smuggling, having provided information leading to the seizure of firearms. The Home Secretary, Michael Howard, was criticized for the decision, and in 2008 Haase and Bennett were convicted of having set up the weapons finds to earn them their release, and sentenced to 20 and 22 years in prison respectively.
Smuggling investigation[edit]
Haase and Bennett were arrested in 1993 following a long investigation by the British Customs and Excise organisation which was subsequently described in a book by one of the investigating officers.[4] Officers followed a major heroin shipment (worth approximately £18 million) destined for Liverpool as part of a larger investigation into 'Volkan', a Turkish heroin smuggler. As the officers arrested many members of the gang in and around Liverpool, Haase and Bennett nearly slipped through the net, but were arrested in Croydon, south London.
Trial and sentence[edit]
After sentencing the two men to 18 years each in prison, Judge David Lynch was contacted by the customs officer in charge of the investigation, Paul Cook. He had been in discussions with Haase and Bennett's solicitor, Tony Nelson, who suggested that in return for their providing information, Customs would undertake to bring any help they gave to the notice of the trial judge, so that they could seek a reduced sentence.[5] The trial judge then wrote privately to the Home Secretary, recommending that he 'exercise the Royal prerogative of mercy' on account of information that the pair had given that had led to the seizure of illegal firearms. Michael Howard ordered their release, which took place on 4 July 1996, and they served less than a year of the sentence. When questioned about his decision, Howard wrote, 'I can neither reveal, nor overstate the risks which would flow from revealing any of the details which confidentially had been placed before him (the judge) by the prosecuting authorities, save to say that the information had proved to offer quite enormous and unique assistance to the law-enforcement agencies'. Police recovered many firearms, including AK-47 and M16A2 assault rifles, Czechoslovak Sa vz. 23 submachine guns, Thompson submachine guns, Uzisub-machine guns, shotguns, ammunition and Semtex explosive.
Perversion of the course of justice case[edit]
Doubts were expressed by police and Customs and Excise officers as to the authenticity of the information that Haase and Bennett gave, and local LiverpoolMP, Peter Kilfoyle campaigned for an investigation.
In March 2001, Kilfoyle was granted a half-hour Adjournment debate in the House of Commons at which he brought up the subject of Haase and Bennett; specifically the damage done to the people of Liverpool by them being allowed back onto the street after such a short period of time in prison, and the basis on which they got out (that is, the Royal pardon they received).[6]
During 2003, it was widely reported that a drug dealer and associate of the two heroin smugglers, Simon Bakerman, who was a cousin of Michael Howard and who openly boasted of his relationship with him, had received a bribe of £400,000 from Haase, which may have been intended to be passed on to the politician. There is no evidence that any such monies were passed on, or that Howard acted in any inappropriate way.[7] Merseyside Police now believe that Customs, the trial judge and Howard himself were duped by an elaborate plot by Haase and Bennett, who arranged for the drugs and guns to be planted where the authorities could find them.
In May 2004, Kilfoyle again brought up the matter at an Adjournment debate. He had visited Haase in prison earlier in 2004, and had obtained a sworn affidavit. The drug smuggler had provided 'leads' about the guns which had in fact been planted at the request of him and his accomplice, Bennett. In the affidavit, Haase admitted contacting his acquaintances who were not in prison and getting them to plant guns across Merseyside and the North West of England. He then passed information about the guns' locations to his customs handler Paul Cook, suggesting the guns belonged to other criminals. Haase added, 'It was a con all the way.' Kilfoyle concluded his comments in the Adjournment debate by saying:[8]
I cannot believe that everyone touching on this case missed the obvious. To a simple-minded lay person such as myself, there can be only two possible conclusions. The first is that Customs and Excise, the Prison Service, the police, the judiciary and the Home Office were all duped by Haase and Bennett. The alternative is that there was, at some stage, some truth in the allegations that bribery played a part in securing Haase and Bennett's release. I do not want to believe that. All of my instincts say that that is not possible. Yet I also find it difficult to believe that no one within the system smelled a rat in the way in which the gun stashes were set up. I just hope that today the Minister can throw some real light on this sordid saga, so that I can explain to my constituents why it is that these people were allowed out.
Following the conclusion of the trial at which the two drug barons received sentences of 20 and 22 years for perverting the course of justice in 2008, Kilfoyle called for an independent enquiry into the issues surrounding the case.[9] He said:[10]
I believe that we need a full, open and independent inquiry into this case, which strikes at the very heart of our criminal justice system. In fact, for quite a while, these people were successful at completely subverting the criminal justice system. On the face of it, the customs were duped, the police were duped, the Home Office was duped, the judge and the judiciary were duped. Everybody was duped by two career criminals. Yet to the best of my knowledge, no one in government has ever accepted any responsibility for this. It is as if it just happened as an act of God. It did not; it happened because the systems were not in place to deal with it.
References[edit]
- ^http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/11/20/haase-and-bennett-jailed-for-42-years-over-gun-plot-100252-22301730/
- ^http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/10/15/my-shock-at-seeing-john-haase-on-the-door-at-pub-100252-22038713/
- ^Powder Wars: The Supergrass Who Brought Down Britain's Biggest Drug Dealers
- ^'Harry Ferguson, Lima 3: Taking on the Heroin Traffickers, ISBN978-0-7475-7669-3
- ^https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/nov/09/uk.drugsandalcohol
- ^House of Commons Hansard Debates for 7 Mar 2001 (pt 27)
- ^New Statesman: This man is one of Britain's most dangerous drug lords. Why did Michael Howard let him out of jail after ten months? 14 Feb 2005, accessed 5 Jun 2018
- ^House of Commons Hansard Debates for 21 May 2004 (pt 20)
- ^MP demands 'supergrass' inquiry
- ^House of Commons Hansard Debates for 25 Nov 2008 (pt 0016)
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He is Jewish.
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1. There are allegations that a criminal was released from prison after paying a bribe to one of Michael Howard's relatives.
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Michael Howard was home secretary at the time when the Baybasins came to the UK.
According to the Guardian, members of an international crime gang were allowed to come to Britain because their leader had links to Customs & Excise.
The evidence for this came out at an immigration appeals tribunal.
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He first met Customs officers in a hotel near Tower Bridge, London.
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http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,6903,1411777,00.html
Police are investigating Michael Howard's role in a royal pardon for two of Liverpool's most dangerous gangsters, John Haase and Paul Bennett, who were granted a royal pardon in July 1996 on Howard's orders.
The decision came 11 months into 18-year sentences.
The Metropolitan police is about to launch an investigation into the 'circumstances leading up to the granting of a royal pardon for these individuals'.
Was the Home Secretary duped into believing Haase and Bennett had provided vital information about arms caches across Liverpool, arms they had arranged to be planted themselves?
Michael Howard's cousin, Simon Bakerman, is an associate of Haase.
Bakerman was released from prison on the day Howard became leader of the Conservative Party in November 2003.
Bakerman received a three-year sentence in 2002 for running an illegal factory making amphetamine and ketamine pills.
Haase claims that Bakerman received large sums of money from Haase before the pardon was granted, though even his lawyers admit there is no evidence of where this money ended up - if it was paid in the first place.
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The arms caches were a set-up, planted on Haase's instructions from a mobile phone he had smuggled into prison.
Witnesses from within Haase's organisation now claim that bribes totalling £4.5 million were paid by criminals to officials involved with the case.
Haase and his associates have often been held responsible for bringing gun culture to the streets of Liverpool.
One former senior Customs officer said there had been suspicions well before the release of the two men that the arms caches were an elaborate scam.
Haase was rearrested in 1999 and sentenced to 13 years for money-laundering and supplying firearms to fellow gangsters.
He is serving his sentence, but continues to wield a powerful influence from his prison cell, not least through his continuing claims that bribes were paid to help obtain his royal pardon.
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