User talk:Peckky-news

The Start
P.Y.G has been known as one of the most violent and influential gangs in London and only contained black members until the early 2000`s when a white male was seen associating with the gang. It became a regular thing seeing the white teenager with the gang members and suddenly ended up becoming a black and white gang. Gang members such as Y.Shak, Stigz, Tiny Boost and Lyrical Tempah have been seen on a numerous of occasions being arrested for suspected crimes like robbery, fire arms possession and even murder but only gang member Tiny Boost was ever sentenced. Then later on in the year gang Member Termz was arrested for murder and was sentenced this brought up raw on the streets of east Peckham and when Termz returned from prison he was shot and later died that night. It was believed the hit on Termz was ordered by a Brixton gang member Glock but no evidence was found so no charges were made. In the Mid 2000`s P.Y.G Pecknarm Young Gunnaz, S.I Shoot Instant and SN1 Spare No 1 suddenly became famous in the music scene with artist such as Giggs from SN1 Y.Shak from P.Y.G and Taz from S.I then other gang members started creating music with members such as Stigz, L.Tempah, LP, Shockz, Y.Sykez and Blitz. This became a big thing in Peckham but all this fame brought hatred as gang members from main rivals O.C in Brixton started making music and then beef in the music scene became big between Peckham and Brixton as gang members were shot, stabbed and killed this brought attention by the media and in a interview tony Blair said Peckham has become a London version of Vietnam and that’s how the pecknarm got thought of because Tony Blair compared Vietnam with Peckham. Still to this day gang members from Peckham are killing and are being killed we had an interview with gang member stigz from gang P.Y.G and he claimed that P.Y.G is a family don’t matter if your white or black as you can see with my boy L.Tempah we all ride or die for each over and that means anything means necessary we live for Pecknarm and we will die for Pecknarm Fuck the government they haven’t helped any one so were taking it into our own hands.

Early 2000s
The teenagers convicted of the high-profile murder of Damilola Taylor in 2000 were reported members of the Younger Peckham Boys. The killers Ricky and Danny Preddie were only 12 and 13 at the time of the murder.

Another boy of Nigerian origin was stabbed to death on the North Peckham Estate nine days before Damilola was murdered. Shola Agora, 17, was found in the back of a car after being attacked just a few hundred yards from the stairwell where Damilola was found.

A gun battle also took place at Chicago's nightclub in which 8 people were injured.

Peak of conflict with the Ghetto Boys
In the mid-2000s, the Peckham Boys were involved in a widely reported gang-war against the Ghetto Boys peet t gang based in Deptford and New Cross, South London.

In October 2004, the Peckham Boys and Ghetto Boys had an infamous shootout outside the Urban Music Awards, held in the Barbican Centre. During the shootout at least 18 shots were exchanged. One stray shot hit an innocent by-stander, Helen Kelly. Bizarrely the underwire of her bra deflected the bullet, preventing fatal injury. Linton Ambursley from Lewisham, a Ghetto Boys member, was jailed for 12 years after admitting wounding with intent. This is said to be the first ever shoot-out to occur in the City of London, between rival gangs.

In August 2005, Zainab Kalokoh was shot and killed at the Wood Dene estate in Peckham. She was shot at a party as she held her baby niece, who was covered in blood. Her killers proceeded to rob her and other party guests, as they were in debt to the Peckham Boys.

On 17 September 2006, a man was shot and stabbed to death on the Woodpecker Estate in New Cross by the Peckham Boys, after being mistaken for a member of the Ghetto Boys. He was attacked by a group of 30 Peckham Boys, who had travelled to New Cross on bike. That same night, a man was chased in Deptford by 40 youths before being stabbed, but survived. As of 2010 the murder remains unsolved, as do 5 other recent murders on the Woodpecker Estate.

On 18 September 2006, members of the Ghetto Boys drove to an estate in Peckham, and started firing shots. The shooters were heard to shout "Peckham Boys are pussies" before firing.

On 24 September 2006, two secondary schools in Peckham (Peckham Academy and Harris Girls Academy) were shut by police, after receiving specific intelligence of a planned drive-by shooting, to be carried out by Ghetto Boys and targeting members of the Peckham Boys.

In November 2006, the Peckham Boys made it into the list of Time Out Magazine's top 100 'Movers and Shakers' for the year 2006. It is a list of the most influential groups or organisations in London.

Late 2000s
In September 2007, a leader of the Peckham Boys was jailed after being found in possession of a Mac 10 sub-machine gun, three handguns, two silencers, 379 rounds of ammunition, 60,000 fake ecstacy pills, 10 ounces of marijuana and thousands of pounds worth of cocaine.

In October 2008, during a shootout between the Ghetto Boys and Peckham Boys, Polish nurse Magda Pniewska was hit by a stray bullet and died. The shootout occurred in New Cross.

In September 2008, police conducted dawn raids on suspected members of the Peckham Boys gang. It is believed that the group conducted 120 robberies in what police have called a "prolific" criminal enterprise. The gang are believed to have used knives, machetes, crowbars, guns and screwdrivers, sometimes up to 18 inches in length, to ensure that their operations were successful. Those arrested were between their mid-20s and mid-30s.

In July 2009, a 13 year old boy was stabbed 5 times in Camberwell by the Pecknarm Young Gunnaz, in a street battle with the GAS Gang from Brixton.

In September 2009, a member of the Brixton-based OC gang was jailed for shooting a bystander dead, when attempting to murder two youths from the PYG gang. The attack was in retaliation for an incident earlier that day, in which an OC member was shot by PYG.

Early 2010s
In August 2010, the Evening Standard reported on the rise in gang-violence and gang recruitment in the North Peckham Estate, where Black Gang is based.

In August 2010, the Metropolitan Police announced that they had convicted several members of the Shoot Instant (S.I.) gang, on charges of dealing class A drugs. The convictions were a result of a raid on Southwark based gang members, in which 80 were arrested.

On 6th September 2010, a member of the Pecknarm Young Gunz, George Ogaba, was killed after his motorcycle was rammed by a car in Peckham. His death followed an earlier non-fatal shooting on the Lettsom Estate in Camberwell. Hours later, Rio McFarlane was visiting a makeshift shrine for George, when he was murdered in a drive-by shooting. Rio McFarlane was friends with the footballer Rio Ferdinand.

On 8th September 2010, one of Damilola Taylor's murderers, Rickie Preddie, was released from prison.