A LIVERPOOL gangster who survived a mafia-style assassination attempt on the Costa Blanca is set to be extradited back to Spain.
Sonny Redmond, 33, consented to his extradition at a hearing in London on Monday and did not contest the case, meaning his return to Spain is imminent.
He was arrested in the UK on a Spanish arrest warrant, which is believed to have been issued after he broke the conditions of his bail in Spain.
Redmond had been released on bail last November, around seven months after his arrest over an armed raid on a Costa Blanca cannabis club.
Weeks later, he cheated death when a gunman sprayed his car with bullets in an underground car park in Orihuela Costa.
After recovering, Redmond returned to the UK and appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on June 11.
He had been due to stand trial in Liverpool for possessing a knife and a mobile phone while serving a previous prison sentence – but the Crown Prosecution Service has since dropped the case.
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Sonny Redmond will return to Spain after consenting to his extradition. Credit: Merseyside Police
Redmond was sitting in his car at around 10pm on December 11 last year when an unknown assailant opened fire in the car park in Lomas de Cabo Roig, with up to 15 bullets piercing his vehicle.
The brutal mafia-style hit left him with gunshot wounds to his arm, leg and chest.
Despite the rain of bullets, he managed to get out of the car and ask a neighbour for help.
He was rushed to Torrevieja Hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery and spent time in intensive care.
His shooting is believed to be linked to the murder of a 29-year-old British man, whose bullet-riddled body was found at a residential property in Orihuela Costa.
The Guardia Civil is treating that killing as gang-related.
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Redmond was arrested last April as part of an investigation into a heavily-armed British gang terrorising cannabis clubs on the Costa Blanca. Credit: Guardia Civil
Redmond, from Bootle, Merseyside, is a career criminal who appeared on a ‘most wanted’ list issued by Merseyside Police in 2021 before legally changing his name to Peter F. in an attempt to avoid detection.
He was arrested in April last year in connection with a heavily-armed British gang made infamous for terrorising cannabis clubs on the Costa Blanca.
In October 2024, two men including Redmond broke into Fulgencio’s La Marina urbanisation armed with machine guns.
They threatened an employee and stole around €5,000 of products and €600 in cash before literally taking over the business, demanding €25,000 from the owner and a 50 per cent slice of future profits.
One message sent to the owner read: “We don’t mess around and we’ll bring the war to you, and we understand you have a wife and children.”
Another warned of ‘blowing his head off’ and was accompanied by videos showing off the gang’s arsenal of weapons.
A 33-year-old man was arrested in La Marina on November 6 that year and later sent to prison following a surveillance operation.
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Redmond was targeted in the expat community of Orihuela Costa. Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Redmond is believed to have left the country after the incident and was arrested on the Orihuela Costa on April 8.
He tried to flee Guardia Civil officers by running into a house where he held an elderly foreign couple hostage.
After a prolonged struggle in which three officers were injured, Redmond was finally subdued and arrested.
Two sub-machine guns were found at his house with over 300 rounds of ammunition.
He has an extensive history of criminal activity in the UK, with links to two shootings in Liverpool – one at his mother’s home and a separate incident where over a dozen shots were fired between rival gangs in two cars.
Previous convictions include robbery and possession of an offensive weapon, which left Redmond with a four-year jail sentence.
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