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Empire of Dirt is a true story, more thrilling than
fiction.
Andrew Pritchard emerged from the fractured streets
of post-Windrush London, navigating life as a mixed-race young man in an era
marked by racial tension, police hostility, and Thatcherism. Some would say it
was wit, charm, ingenuity, and a razor-sharp business instinct inherited from
his oracle-like Jamaican mother that propelled him.
From the gritty foundations of sound-system culture
to orchestrating the infamous 'Gennesis' acid-house raves, he rose from street
hustle to illicit wealth, and ultimately into the shadows of Britain's criminal
underworld, where global drug trafficking, high society, and scandal collided.
By his thirties, he had married Miss Jamaica,
staged the iconic Reggae Sunsplash festival, and risen to become one of the
UK's most prolific narco-smugglers. His empire spanned continents, until a GBP100
million cocaine bust exposed not only his operation, but staggering corruption
within British and international law enforcement agencies.
But this isn't just a crime story or a tale of raves-to-riches,
it's a story of redemption. Following gangland violence, tragedy, and an
unimaginable downfall, Andrew's path led from a Jamaican jail to Britain's
high-security prisons before taking a radical turn. After founding the AP
Foundation, a charity supporting at-risk youth, and finding the love of his
life, he began the long road to rebuilding a life once consumed by chaos.
Told with dark humour and unflinching honesty,
Empire of Dirt is a raw, riveting autobiography of ambition, identity, and transformation.
A cautionary tale, and a deeply human one, it will stay with you long after the
final page.
Contents
Contents
Foreword
Prologue
1. Pride
Before a Fall
2. The
Belly of The Beast
3. Motherland
4. Father's
Pride
5. True
Romance
6. Back
A Yard
7. Home
Grown
8. Musical
Freedom
9. We
Call it Aceeid
10. London
Skat
11. The
Birth of Genesis
12. Leaside
Road
13. Bow
Flyover
14. Lee
Valley
15. Ferry
Lane
16. The
Day the Music Died
17. Postmarked
from Prison
18. Welcome
to the Underworld
19. Escape
to Paradise
20. Family
Politics
21. Miss
Jamaica
22. The
Annoying Neighbour
23. Banged
Up Abroad
24. The
Devil's Own
25. Reggae
Sunsplash
26. The
Aftermath
27. Urban
Smuggler
28. Havana
Club
29. Visits
30. The
Ghost Squad
31. Nothing
To Declare
32. Cat
and Mouse
33. Cocaine
and Coconuts
34. Armageddon
Now
35. The
Wanno Way
36. Rogue
Agent
37. Baptism
by Fire
38. Poetic
Justice
39. Norm
the Storm
40. Turning
Over a New leaf
41. Painted
Promises and Unpaid Debts
42. Reformed
43. Shit
Got Real
44. Murderer's
Mansion
45. The
Chaps
46. Bent
Coppers
47. Road
To Redemption
48. Picking
Up the Pieces
49. Life
After Lockdown
50. New
Beginnings
51. Brand
New Second Hand
52. When
the Past Comes Knocking
53. Full
Circle
Epilogue
Glossary
