Steven Gerrard threatened by gangster called "Psycho", court hears

Apr 11 2008 Liverpool Daily Post

Rafa Benitez and Steven Gerrard

A “FIXER” who saw off an underworld figure threatening to maim Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard told a court yesterday how he dealt with the man nicknamed “The Psycho”.

John Kinsella, 43, a boxer and martial arts expert, said he was called in by Gerrard’s father Paul after serious threats were made to the Huyton-born midfielder. Kinsella told a jury he spoke to the gangster, George Bromley Jnr, and as a result the threats – which affected Gerrard’s form for club and country – ended.

When asked by prosecutor Jonathan Dee how he dealt with the problem, Kinsella said: “I just spoke to him (George Bromley Jnr) in a reasonable and calm manner. I told him it was no way to conduct himself and he was going to end up in the ground like his father ended up in the ground.

“I was just going to speak to him before something terrible happened to him. He was a young boy, he hadn’t shown any common sense or manners or decency.”

Kinsella added: “I didn't get a fee for that work.” Kinsella is accused of being a member of a Merseyside gang who tied up a night watchman at a haulage depot in Grantham, Lincs, before stealing trailer loads of Easter eggs and detergent.

He has admitted he was in Grantham at the time, but told Lincoln Crown Court he was there to meet a night-club doorman who owed money to a friend for £100,000 worth of drugs.

Kinsella said his work for Gerrard was just one example of how he collected debts and sorted out problems.

Kinsella, of Mile End, Kirkdale; Stephen Mc- Mullen, 49, of Phoenix Drive, Huyton; and James Muldoon, 28, of Lakenheath Road, Hale- wood, all deny robbery.

Kinsella also denies dangerous driving.

The trial continues.