[1] He grew up in Volendam and as a teenager sold eels along with his father and brother, dressed in traditional Volendammer garb of red shirt, baggy black pants, and clogs.

[1] He didn't enjoy it, but started selling eels in bars frequented by criminals and then moved into cocaine dealing.

[1] He started a crime blog called "Vlinderscrime" (vlinder being the Dutch word for "butterfly") in February 2015.

[1] On 8 December 2016 he was walking with another man in Amsterdam when CCTV showed someone running up behind him outside the Citizen M hotel and pointing a gun at him.

[4] In April 2022 Hughes was convicted at the High Court in Stirling, Scotland and jailed for at least 25 years.