Suspected gangster 'Teflon Don' says he stopped further bloodshed when he shot a knifeman

A suspected gangster often called the 'Teflon Don' claimed yesterday he saved lives by killing an underworld rival.

Arran Coghlan, 44, who earned his nickname after being cleared of two murders, stated the killing of Stephen Akinyemi ended additional bloodshed.

He shot the knifeman after being stabbed within the chest, neck and hand at his £2million Cheshire mansion six years in the past.

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Cleared: Arran Coghlan pictured yesterday on the Excessive Courtroom in London, left, and proper in 2003 with then-girlfriend Claire Burgoyne

Prosecutors deserted their case towards him as a result of they might not show he didn't act in self-defence and a coroner recorded an 'open' verdict.

However Coghlan needs to be utterly vindicated and received a Excessive Courtroom problem to order a second inquest into precisely what passed off.

Yesterday, on the Royal Courts of Justice, his authorized workforce stated he's an harmless man who's the sufferer of a police vendetta.

Mr Coghlan, clad in an costly gray swimsuit, white shirt and a big diamond ring, stated the authorities have 'hid the reality for 5 years'.

Talking exterior court docket, he accused two different coroners of 'failing of their public obligation'.

'I need this coroner to be fearless and be sure that the reality comes out. There needs to be a verdict of lawful killing by cause of self-defence,' he stated.

'And recognition that lives had been saved as a result of I didn't acquiesce to the calls for of a person aiming a gun at me.

'I need the police to clarify why they allowed an armed rapist to remain at massive after which watched reside as he got here to my house with a knife and a gun.'

Arran Coghlan, above. Yesterday, on the Royal Courts of Justice, his authorized workforce stated he's an harmless man who's the sufferer of a police vendetta

Coghlan is among the most controversial figures in Britain who has been investigated by the police and the Nationwide Crime Company over various years.

He was arrested when Akinyemi, 36, often called Aki, was discovered mendacity useless in a pool of blood in his transformed chapel house in leafy Alderley Edge in February 2010.

The gangland enforcer, accused of rape and beating a person with a baseball bat, had arrived sporting physique armour and carrying a gun and a knife.

Coghlan made a determined 999 name to say he had been attacked and was rushed to hospital for emergency therapy.

He was charged with homicide however 5 months later the Crown Prosecution Service dropped the fees saying he might have acted in self-defence.

Extremely, it was the third time he had confronted costs of homicide after the deaths of gangland rivals within the Higher Manchester space.

Stephen 'Aki' Akinyemi, 45, was discovered useless from a bullet to the pinnacle on the Cheshire house of Mr Coghlan

In 1996 he was acquitted of the gangland homicide of drug baron Chris Little, dubbed the Satan Canine Mobster, as a result of he set his rottweilers on rivals.

Little, 32, was shot useless on the wheel of his Mercedes however after Coghlan was cleared after telling a jury he was taking part in pc video games on the time.

In 2002, Coghlan stood trial accused of homicide once more after claims he had kidnapped and burnt to loss of life petty drug seller David Barnshaw, 32, within the boot of a automotive in September 1999.

Jurors had been advised that Coghlan had 'constructed an empire by ruthless violence, demanding respect and loyalty from all those that labored for him.'

However the case towards him and others collapsed when it was revealed police had didn't move on necessary details about one other potential suspect.

Coghlan, nicknamed 'Az' on the registration plate of his Bentley Turbo, has all the time denied he's the Godfather of a profitable felony empire.

In recent times he has pursued a number of respectable pursuits, and is a fixture on the Manchester 'scene', even judging a Mr and Mrs Manchester contest.

However in 2012, a decide branded him a drug seller because the authorities used 'Al Capone' proceeds of crime laws to grab his house.

Regardless of not having a conviction for drug dealing, he was ordered out of his home scene of the Akinyemi killing – the place he had a mattress formed like a pirate ship.

Police stated the property was 'purchased with the proceeds of crime' because the Excessive Courtroom heard he was the pinnacle of a 'massive scale and worthwhile drug dealing enterprise'.

Coghlan will return to the Excessive Courtroom in February for a full inquest. 

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