Editing Charlie Churchill (section)

== Drug empire ==
Churchill's first wider expansion began on 3 February 1967, when he started working with dock labourers in [[Avonmouth]]. The dock contacts gave him access to stolen goods, transport workers, and men willing to move drugs between Bristol, [[Cardiff]], and [[Liverpool]].

On 6 September 1968, Churchill was arrested during a police raid on a stolen-goods warehouse in Bristol. He was convicted on 16 January 1969 for handling stolen goods and possession of drugs with intent to supply. He was imprisoned at HM Prison Horfield from 17 January 1969 to 4 June 1971.

After his release, Churchill kept the warehouse model and used smaller rooms above pubs, garages, and rented lock-ups. On 12 March 1972, he began using regular port contacts in Bristol and Liverpool. His sellers worked under debt, and several continued dealing for him after arrest because their debts followed them into prison.

Churchill was imprisoned for a second time on 22 October 1974 after convictions for assault, intimidation, and drug supply. During that sentence, he raped another prisoner at HM Prison Horfield on 16 March 1976. He was convicted for the assault on 2 September 1976 and received an additional sentence. He remained imprisoned until 9 May 1978.

On 4 August 1979, Churchill absorbed two Bristol distribution crews and placed their sellers under his own debt system. He was imprisoned for a third time from 14 February 1981 to 3 December 1983 after a conviction for conspiracy to supply drugs and witness intimidation.

The drug empire became national on 18 June 1986, when Churchill placed regional distributors in [[London]], [[Birmingham]], [[Manchester]], Cardiff, Liverpool, and [[Leeds]]. His fourth prison term began on 11 November 1988 after a conviction for large-scale drug trafficking, conspiracy, and money laundering. He served the sentence at HM Prison Parkhurst and later HM Prison Long Lartin until 7 August 1995.

By 21 November 1995, Churchill controlled several prison-linked supply routes. Released prisoners often returned to Churchill-linked sellers because they owed money or had been given work by the network. By 14 October 2013, his drug empire had reached its widest spread and operated through distributors in most major British cities.