Overview

• Barry Kelly, 32, died at HMP Kirklevington Grange on May 25, prompting the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman to launch a formal investigation into custodial practices.
• Kelly was serving an 18-year prison term after pleading guilty in 2019 to conspiracy to supply Class A and B drugs and three firearms offences.
• As a senior lieutenant of the Burrows brothers, he facilitated the movement of handguns, shotguns and hunting rifles sourced from bomb maker Christopher Wallace across Liverpool and beyond.
• Operation Bombay in 2017 saw Merseyside Police raid properties nationwide and secure over 300 years of imprisonment for 22 gang members, crippling much of the East Side Boys network.
• Police continue to pursue the gang’s remaining operatives after it terrorised Speke residents with masked scrambler bikers and exploited vulnerable people through 'cuckooing'.