Gang boss ‘a risk’

The founder of a notorious Auckland street gang has been denied parole after allegedly continuing to run the group from behind bars. Joshua Masters, a former kickboxing champion and aspiring rapper, was given a 10-year sentence for drug dealing and money laundering in 2012. He quickly became notorious in the mid-2000s after founding the Killer Beez gang in South Auckland, claiming to offer Auckland kids a way out of poverty. In a recent parole decision, panel convener Justice Warwick Gendall said Masters remained a risk to the community.