Christopher: "It’s probably everything because we’ve always been involved with music. Like my brother Anthony would tell you, ‘I’m not in fashion, I’m a music promoter’, where I would say I’m a bit of both. The drugs peddling was uncovered after police deployed undercover officers to catch those responsible.

I wrote part of the 10-commandment speech that was performed by Stephen Graham. My two kids are actually in the video at the end playing Mouse Trap, and it says ‘to be continued’ – that video was 10-11 years ago, and I actually had a conversation with a huge name in the music industry about doing part two."Colin Crean (31), of Ligoneil Road, Belfast, pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to cheat the public revenue on 10 May 2022 and was sentenced to one year in prison, suspended for 12 months, on the same date at Belfast Crown Court. Another 25 accomplices, most of whom knowingly allowed their personal details to be used as part of the fraud, were handed suspended prison sentences. There are three things you should be: 1. Be nice 2. Be nice and 3. Be nice. So, whatever your career, just work hard and be nice and I think you can get to where you want to be." Mark Clarke, 18, of Oxford Road, Waterloo, who pleaded guilty to the supply of Class A and Class B drugs, got 12 months in a Young Offenders Institute.

Stephen Darragh (57), of Georges Island Road, Aghalee, pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to cheat the public revenue on 6 September 2022 and was sentenced to two years and six months imprisonment, suspended for two years, on 28 October 2022 at Belfast Crown Court. Even prior to all that, everyone talks about the Hacienda– ’87, ’88 onwards – but I remember going to the Haciendain the early 80s, I was there for their first birthday party when I was 13! It’s been documented, but underneath the Hacienda dancefloor there was a hairdresser’s called ‘ Swing’ and the geezer who ran it, Andrew Berry, was a DJ at the Hacienda, so there’d be all types in there, it was just mad! I’d go and get my hair cut and Morriseywould be there, Bernard Sumner, Johnny Marr, The Falland seeing those guys made me think ‘that’s where you need to be. That’s where it’s at – music and fashion’.So that was definitely a turning point in my head. That was the route we needed to go." Christopher: "The latest collection features original imagery, such as the flyer from ‘ Sweat it Out’,which was the first acid house party in the North. Originally, we were doing it on Store street, but we moved it last minute to keep the location secret. So, what we did, we painted ‘11pm. Wait here’ on the doors – the original image actually features on one of the t-shirts – and every time a crowd would turn up, we ferry them around the corner to where the venue was. Anthony: "At that time, we were looking at other brands and thinking ‘we can do better than that ourselves’. We know what the message is, we know about the dancefloor and we know what’s current. The designs pretty much all came from Christopher. I’m on the business side and Chris is on creative."

The men were caught in a police sting called Operation Hendon when an undercover cop met a 17-year-old boy, who was part of the gang and who offered to sell him cannabis and gave him a mobile phone number on which to do business. Anthony: "Brands that influenced me growing up were Lois Jeans, Fiorucci, Martini Knitwear – mostly being sold at Paris de Septin Deansgate, by a cool hippie. I’d also go to Austin Reed’sfor tennis brands that were heavily worn on the football terraces. Don’t forget we were labelled ‘scallies’, fashion and football were equally important to us. Cause that was our life." Cultivated cannabis was found together with hydraulic presses and other equipment for the production of Class A drugs. Brendan Muldoon (57), of Cluain Mor Drive, Belfast, pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to cheat the public revenue on 28 October 2022 and was sentenced to two years and six months imprisonment, suspended for two years, at Belfast Crown Court on 28 October 2022. So, we kind of had three designers, two doing the traditional side and me doing my thing. So, I’d say I’m kind of like self-taught doing rough drawings, and, you know what, I’m still the same today. So, for example, I’ll draw something, take a screenshot and send it to a designer to turn into a CAD."