# Liverpool’s gangsters’ molls: The women linked to some of the city’s most notorious criminals as gangland family drama This City is Ours returns to screens

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/liverpools-gangsters-molls-the-women-linked-to-some-of-the-citys-most-notorious-criminals-as-gangland-family-drama-this-city-is-ours-returns-to-screens/
- Published: 2026-10-28T03:34:14+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T04:03:50+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/crime-desk/article-16239647/Liverpool-gangsters-citys-notorious-criminals-gangland.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- *This City Is Ours* returns with a story of family ties and gangland power.
- Its women characters are drawn into the criminal underworld.
- The article also examines real-life partners of Liverpool gangsters.

## Summary

The BBC crime drama *This City Is Ours* has returned for a second season, prompting renewed attention to the women connected to Liverpool’s criminal families. The article describes how partners and relatives are portrayed as drawn into the power and risks of gang life, while noting that the series has faced criticism for potentially glamourising crime.

The new season follows Michael Kavanagh and Diana Williams as they are pulled back into the underworld amid questions about a Colombian cocaine supplier’s death and a power struggle in the Phelan family. It also profiles characters Elaine Phelan, Cheryl Crawford and Rachel Duffy, then turns to real-life cases, including Kayleeanne Sweeney, partner of Thomas Cashman, who was jailed for murdering nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel in 2023. The article says women’s attraction to criminal partners can involve status, familiarity with criminality and perceptions of danger as power.

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