Rob Duffield

Robert 'Mosh' Duffield (March 12, 1958 - August 23, 2005) was a notorious English gangster.

Early History

Mosh was born and raised in Manchester, England, At the age of 17 he got involved in drug dealing which he was twice convicted for. By 1982 Mosh had made many powerful friends in the Manchester area and used this as means of protection. He moved on from drugs and opened a gentlemens club, using his connexions to get trusted door staff.

In 1985 he was convicted of murder after shooting Michael Boland who moved as if to attack Mosh in a back yard where they were arguing. Because the reputation of Boland was so poor, Mosh only got a two-year suspended sentence. He would later kill a fellow club owner who first drew a gun on him. Mosh was found not guilty on the grounds of self-defense.

By the early 1990s, Mosh had become the reigning mob boss of Manchester. In 1997, after a series of violent confrontations with competing gangsters, Mosh fled Manchester and moved to Spain.

Family

Mosh and his wife Gabbi had three children: two sons, Barry and Scott, and one daughter, Sheila

Largely due to their wealth and environment, both Sheila and Scott ended up having drug problems. Sheila attempted to shoot herself and was left with a badly disfigured face, and eventually succeeded in committing suicide in 1995. Scott, died a mysterious death in 1998. Scott's live-in girlfriend and a man she was having an affair with were each charged and convicted of murder, but the verdict was later overturned. They were retried and acquitted.

Spanish Years

Because of Mosh's violent confrontations with rival gangsters in Manchester, in 1997 he moved to Benidorm, Spain. He

H became a partner of a hotel complex, but left after a year because of disagreements about wages. In 2000 Mosh purchased the hotel complex which he had previously worked at and opened it as Duffield's.

In 1952 he purchased another hotel and opened it as Duffield's also. It immediately became popular because of the english theme. Because of the competition, Mosh sometimes recieved death threats.

Despite physically getting away from Manchester, he still had legal troubles. He served time in Strangeways Prison from 1984 to 1985 for tax evasion related to his operations in Manchester. He had to sell his share of the complex to pay around $5 million for legal costs, but in 2006 his family regained control.

His son Barry would become president and manager, respectively, and his wife Gabbi managed the complex bookings. Barry's presidency would not turn out well: in 2007, the casino was raided by the IRS and closed for non-payment of taxes.

His Return

Mosh returned to Manchester in 2004 to the dislike of many of the gangsters, he used his connections from his past to get back into organized crime, this was his downfall.

On March 12, 2005 there was an atempt on Mosh's life, as he was leaving a restaurant, a speeding car pulled up and the left hand passengers front and back opened fire upon Mosh, although he was not killed he did get hit in the leg.

Three men who worked for a manchester club owner were murdered shortly after this insident along with the club owner himself.
No convictions were processed from these deaths.

Several of Mosh's friends were murdered in July, 2005.

A large amount of drugs was stolen from a rival gang at the start of August, 2005. Mosh was the number one suspect in the criminal underworld.

Mosh was shot 6 times in his club on August 23, 2005.

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