Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Fixers used 'instead of police' / BBC, 27 April 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7370244.stm
""Community fixers", who deal out underworld justice on the behalf of clients, are being used instead of police, a senior policeman has said. The father of footballer Steven Gerrard has admitted he turned to a "fixer" to stop a gangster terrorising his son."