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Liverpool Crime Boss on Drugs, Prison & Redemption - Leroy Gilbert Tells His Story

Anything Goes with James English

Anything Goes with James English

Society & Culture

4.53.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

Anything Goes with James English, Ep 544 Leroy Gilbert


Liverpool Crime Boss on Drugs, Prison & Redemption - Leroy Gilbert Tells His Story


In this powerful and unfiltered episode, we sit down with Leroy Gilbert, once a feared Liverpool crime boss who spent over two decades behind bars. From running the streets and building a reputation in the drug world to facing the harsh realities of prison life, Leroy’s story is as raw as it is gripping.


But this isn’t just a crime story; it’s about consequence, addiction, and ultimately, transformation. After years of living on both sides of the law, Leroy found himself battling a drug addiction of his own, forcing him to confront the very world he once controlled.


Now, he’s turned his past into purpose with the release of his new book, offering a brutally honest account of his life, mistakes, and the lessons learned along the way.


This episode dives deep into:

• The rise and fall of a Liverpool crime figure

• Life inside prison for over 20+ years

• The reality of addiction from both sides

• Redemption, reflection, and rewriting your future


A must listen for anyone interested in true crime, real-life transformation, and stories that don’t hold back.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

You can now follow me in all my social media platforms to find out who my latest guest will be

0:11.8

and don't forget to click the subscribe button and the notifications bell so you're notified

0:17.6

for when my next podcast goes live.

0:34.1

And boom, we're on.

0:36.0

And today's guest about Leroy Gilbert.

0:37.1

Leroy, how are we?

0:37.8

I'm glad you know.

0:53.8

Really good, that's what I like to hear. Fascinating story. I grew up in the tough streets of Liverpool. Everybody knows my love for Liverpool to Scouse. It's a different breed. I always say it's a world within a world. There's a lot of madness there. And as much as there's a lot of crime, there's a lot of cracking people there's a lot of amazing people

0:54.9

would do anything for you.

0:56.7

Four prison sentences sentences one of your

0:58.3

biggest was 16 years you're also releasing a book which i'm going to plug straight away

1:03.4

i'm just going to read stuff a little stuff something from the book so leroy gilbert would be

1:08.5

the first to admit that he was a naughty child who grew up into an adult beyond simply naughty.

1:13.6

He ruled the drug selling business in Liverpool, Toxief UK, for two years before he was even 21,

1:20.2

and by approaching it as a business, using his undoubted entrepreneurial skills, making a million pounds off of drug sales before many boys

1:29.4

his age had even left home. The memoir of his childhood crimes and substance, was that,

1:36.7

metorotic, meteoric rise in the subculture of Granby, is it Granby? Grandby Streets.

1:44.8

Grandby Street Talks Eve is refreshing and its honesty and contains some business advice

1:49.7

which applies way beyond the streets that he dominated so totally in the 1990s. Motivational

1:55.4

speaker, book offer, done amazing with your life now. But before we get into all the good

2:00.4

stuff,

2:03.0

I always like to go into the madness before that.

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