The Mafia Comes to Preston

I realise this reaction is a little late, i've been ridiculously busy.

BUT...this story was too interesting not to comment on.

Basically, there was a Mafia affiliate living in Lancashire. Giuseppe Persico lived and worked in Chorley for two years while he was on the run from Italian authorities. He was wanted for drug-trafficking and was a known associate of the "Camorra", the notorious Naples mafia.

Frankly, this is all a little strange. While it is undoubtedly a fantastic story - the Lancashire Evening Post must have been over the moon when they heard it - it is odd to think that a Mafia associate was living in the county.

It turned out that Persico was an associate of Gennaro Panzuto - the Mafia "godfather" who was arrested at his home in Garstang in 2007 for four murders .

So the Mafia like to hang out in Lancashire? Bizarre.