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Hundreds implicated after police seize ‘little black books’ full of transactions by mafia ‘financier’ Johnny ‘Cash’ Morrissey
WHEN police raided the home of feared Costa businessman Johnny ‘Cash’ Morrissey last week they hoped to find many incriminating items and the odd weapon. But what they hadn’t bargained on was a series of little black books listing all the payments from his wife’s company Nero Vodka. The ‘notepads’ carefully detailed all the businesses and gangs the bogus Marbella-based company had lent or laundered money through over the last two years. Kept by the Morrisseys at their
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While Morrissey was last week remanded in custody at Marbella Court, his wife received bail, believed to be because of her 10-year-old son. “In short the Morriseys bought the coast with the help of their friends,” explained a friend. “Money talks down here and they splashed it everywhere, but it ended up with them thinking they could get away with anything. No longer.” Opinion Page 6 See Cashed out page 2