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Cheetham is an inner-city area and electoral ward of Manchester, in Greater Manchester, England, which in 2011 had a population of 22,562. [1] It lies on the west bank of the River Irk, 1.4 miles (2.3 km) north of Manchester city centre, close to the boundary with Salford, bounded by Broughton to the north, Harpurhey to the east, and Piccadilly and Deansgate to the south.
The Cheetham Hill Gang, also known as the Hillbillies, is an organised crime group based in Cheetham, Manchester, England. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Most members of the gang grew up or lived in one of the four areas of Cheetham Hill: Waterloo, Huxley, the Halliwell Estate and Heywood Street Estate.
Anthony James "White Tony" Johnson [1] (22 July 1968 – 22 February 1991) was an English criminal, and member of the organised Cheetham Hill Gang in Manchester. He was gunned down in 1991 in the car park of the Penny Black pub, Cheetham Hill. The crime boss Desmond Noonan was tried but acquitted for his murder.
The 2006 Cheetham Hill terrorism arrests was an anti-terrorism operation in the United Kingdom, in which Habib Ahmed, a taxi driver, was arrested by six policemen at his home in Cheetham Hill, Manchester on 23 August 2006 on suspicion of his involvement in a plan to attack on an individual.
Cheetham Hill, Manchester Johnson, nephew of moors murders victim Keith Bennett and known as "White Tony" to avoid confusion with a black associate who was also called Tony, was a 22-year-old gangster shot dead in the Penny Black pub's car park on 22 February 1991. A companion was shot as well, but not killed.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Pepperhill gang were involved in a gang war between Moss Side and the Cheetham Hill Gang from North Manchester. The Gooch often bought and sold drugs with the Cheetham Hill Gang. The Gooch had close ties to Cheetham Hill, with the cousin of the Cheetham Hill Head being a leading figure in the Gooch.
Tia Rigg (4 January 1998 – 3 April 2010) was a girl who was killed in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, England on 3 April 2010.Twelve-year-old Rigg was tortured, raped and murdered by her maternal uncle, John Maden.
This stretch was called York Street until about 1900. Cheetham Hill Road leads from here to the community of Cheetham Hill, where at Bourget Street and Crescent Road (formerly Sandy Lane), Cheetham Hill Road becomes Bury Old Road. This is the boundary between Manchester and Salford, and between postcodes M8 and M7.