Drugs gang face jail for shotgun plot

Four members of a ruthless drug gang have admitted plotting to terrorise a rival with a shotgun for being a ‘grass.’ John Beckwith, 29, Michael Dixon, 48, Wayne Peel, 27, and his stepfather Anthony Peel, 50, had been accused of organised a hit on Christopher Brown in Blyth, Northumberland. But the charge was dropped when they confessed to possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence. Brown was stabbed in the arm in March and sprayed in the…