David Gunn has lifted the lid on how he and his brother Colin used to run the Bestwood area of Nottingham where "police didn't come". Gunn has urged people to stay away from a life of crime and avoid making the mistakes he did, while also sharing memories from his life which led to him spending around 20 years of his life in prison.
The brothers ran the Bestwood Cartel crime gang and are still extremely well-known across the city as well as the estate where they ran their empire. Gunn spoke to Shaun Attwood, another ex-prisoner who now runs his own true crime podcast, following his most recent release from prison. Colin remains incarcerated after being sentenced in 2006 to 35 years for conspiring to murder Joan and John Stirland in Trusthorpe, near Skegness.
David Gunn says that growing up he got "very handy" with his fists and used to fight other schools, then went into burglaries, robbing garages and eventually drugs, which is where the money was at the time. He added that his mum used to hit policemen with shoes when they came over to try and talk to her sons.
