Gangster pimp who changed his name to Sicarius after Mexican cartel hitmen is jailed for blackmail and drugs after cops found pics of him posing with wads of cash and SNAKES
The mobster threatened to slice of a woman's fingers and hurled bricks through her windows
A MOBSTER pimp who named himself after Mexican hitmen while running a seedy brothel has been caged for eight years.
Sicarius McGrath changed his name from Anthony by deed poll after the Mexican cartel hitmen the Sicario.
The ruthless gang have a deadly spider named after them called the Southern African Sicarius, which is known for its quick catching and killing of prey.
The thug took selfies of himself wearing a balaclava with a snake around his neck as he brazenly showed off thousands of pounds in cash.
He set up Sicarius Protection in Leyland, Lancs, after being barred from his native city of Liverpool by an injunction known as a 'gangbo'.
The 36-year-old claimed he offered security services through Tacitus Sicarius - meaning Silent Assassin in Latin.
McGrath, who has string of convictions for intimidation, stalking and a firearms offence, also ran a brothel called Platino Escorts in a leafy suburb of Preston.
He controlled four women who had sex from the property during a three-month period, Preston Crown Court heard.
Along with co-defendant Suhail Patel, who was behind bars at the time, he blackmailed a woman to collect a debt - threatening to cut off her fingers and arranging for bricks to be thrown through her windows.
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When he was arrested, police found images on McGrath's phone showed him wearing a balaclava surrounded by piles of cash in £1,000 bundles.
McGrath was found guilty following an eight-week trial of conspiracy to blackmail and was handed a seven-year jail term.
He was given a further 18 months in prison for controlling prostitution, which he had admitted at an earlier hearing.
He also received six months in prison - to run concurrently - for possession of cocaine and a CS gas canister which was found at his home when he was arrested on January 16.
Patel, who was serving a sentence for violent disorder involving a gun, was jailed for seven years.
Brett Gerrity, Senior Crown Prosecutor for CPS North West said: "Sicarius McGrath is a violent and manipulative man who was previously the subject of a gang injunction in Liverpool.
"He terrorised people ensuring that they lived in fear of him and willingly took on the debt of another man in order to exert power over a vulnerable woman."
Det Insp Peter Danby from Lancashire Police said "This was a challenging and complex investigation undertaken by our Targeted Crime Unit and clearly demonstrates Lancashire Constabulary's commitment to protecting our communities from organised crime.
''The sentences handed down reflect the severity of the offending and send a clear message that it will not be tolerated in Lancashire
"Those involved in organised crime within our communities should expect that we will be pro-actively investigating their activities and working closely with the Crown Prosecution Service to bring them to justice."
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