Inside blood-soaked ganglands behind TV hit Sherwood where flash ‘Kray-style’ brothers bit rivals’ lips and eyelids off

WITH bitter turf wars and the murder of a gangland kingpin’s son, the new series of Sherwood has viewers gripped.

But far from being total fiction, the drama has its roots in real-life gang warfare in the early 2000s which earned the city of Nottingham the macabre nickname “Shottingham”.

Social mediaColin Gunn was jailed for 35 years for conspiring to murder the Stirlands[/caption] The gangster boasted about his lavish lifestyle online before being apprehended Nottingham...