What is Supergrass evidence?

Supergrass is a British slang term for an informant who turns Queen’s evidence, often in return for protection and immunity from prosecution.

Why are police informants called grass?

In the British criminal world, police informants have been called “grasses” since the late 1930s, and the “super” prefix was coined by journalists in the early 1970s to describe those who witnessed against fellow criminals in a series of high-profile mass trials at the time.

What is a super grass?

/ (ˈsuːpəˌɡrɑːs) / noun. an informer whose information implicates a large number of people in terrorist activities or other major crimes.

Who is Britain’s biggest Supergrass?

David Gloyne, 37, of Plawsworth, Durham, got 21 years for conspiracy to supply drugs, kidnap and false imprisonment. He must also serve a minimum 10-and-a-half years.

Who was the first Supergrass?

Bertie Smalls was never supposed to die of natural causes. A career criminal who collaborated in a famous bank robbery – and then helped the police send his accomplices to prison – he had a price on his head for the last three decades of his life.

Why are informants called rats?

By 1859 John Camden Hotten’s Slang Dictionary would define a rat as “a sneak, an informer, a turncoat,” and by the 1950s this meaning of rat was firmly entrenched in pop culture. In one LIFE magazine story from 1958, a gang member named Gus turns to a gang member named Rat and says, “Cause you a rat, is all.

What does naff off mean?

British slang a forceful expression of dismissal or contempt.

What is a Grasser in British slang?

grasser (plural grassers) (Britain, slang) A grass; an informer. (historical) An extra or temporary worker in a printing-office.

Is Bertie Smalls still alive?

January 31, 2008Bertie Smalls / Date of death

What genre is Supergrass?

Alternative/IndieSupergrass / Genre