Margaret Haney
British criminal
About Margaret Haney
Lived 1942 – 2013 (aged 70–71).
Margaret Haney (c.1942 - 21 August 2013), also known as Big Mags, She was widely covered by British media in the late 1990s. The enterprise first operated in Raploch until it was chased out of the area by 400-people mob.
Haney was arrested in 2001 for drug-related charges and sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2003. Her daughter Diane, niece Roseann and son Hugh were sentenced to nine, seven and five years of prison time, respectively. They appealed their sentences and lost. She was released from prison in 2009 and died from cancer, aged 70, on 21 August 2013.
A six-episode podcast titled The Ballad of Big Mags was published by BBC Sounds in 2025.
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Who was Margaret Haney?
British criminal
When was Margaret Haney born?
Margaret Haney was born in 1942.
When did Margaret Haney die?
Margaret Haney died on 21 August 2013.
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