Ex-undercover cop Neil Woods used to infiltrate towns and cities across the country as "a bit of a scally and a travelling thief". He once portrayed himself as a druggie to immerse himself in the dark and seedy world of drug use to gather information and feed it back to his police bosses, who then brought the bad guys down.
He worked undercover between 1993 and 2007 in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and as far south as Brighton and far north as Leeds, befriending and gaining the trust of some of the most violent, unpredictable criminals in Britain, and even trying to get close to Bestwood crime lord Colin Gunn.
MrWoods was in CBS Reality's 'Murder By The Sea' about Colin Gunn and the killing of the Stirlands, and said: "Colin Gunn is one of the most vicious gangsters that I've had any connection with as a police officer. He is essentially a thug."
