Yardies

The Getaway

In The Getaway, the Yardie gang are one of the four gangs in London. The Yardie gang are based in Shoreditch and own two Crack Houses. The main one is located on Rivington Street. They also own own a depot at St Saviour's Docks in South East London. The leader of the Yardie gang is Jamahl. Jamahl is responsible for most of London's crack cocaine problems. He is fairly calm and knows how to run his gang, but the gang can also get very vicious. The Yardies are not introduced until Mission 6, Out of the Frying Pan, when Mark lures the Triads to the smaller Yardie Crack House and starts a gang war. Because of this, the Yardies are enemies with the Triads and hate them the most. After this, members of the Yardies will try and kill Mark whenever they can. Whenever Mark is driving through Shoreditch, members of the Yardie gang will always chase him and try to stop him. Their gang vehicles are: Rover SD1 modified - which features a bodykit, rear wing and gold wheels (Blue) and Mercedes-Benz Brabus S500L - with heavily tinted windows (Black and White). Mark only attacks the Yardies twice in the entire game. Once in Mission 6, and later in Mission 9, The Cowgirl and the Cash. Jamahl has a few heavies: Winston, Tyler, Jerome and Reggie. The Yardie gang is also the only known gang to have any female members in it. Female members of the Yardie gang can only be found in Mission 9 and they will attack Mark with meat cleavers.

At the end of The Getaway, the Yardies were least affected by the gang war. Jamahl and most of his gang managed to get off the Sol Vita before it exploded. The Yardies main rivals, the Triads, were defeated as well as the Bethnal Green Mob, leaving just the Collins gang left for them to defeat. If they were to beat the Collins gang then they would be the only gang left in London, meaning London would be completly under their control. Overall the Yardies in fact thrived after Jolson's downfall.

The Getaway: Black Monday

In The Getaway: Black Monday, the Yardies are one of the three gangs in London. The gang is still under leadership of Jamahl. However, the gang is now far more powerful than it once was. Jamahl's turf has grown but his operations have streamlined. He has moved away from drugs and is now more focussed on guns, which he always preferred anyway. Finally Jamahl's a main player. The Collins gang are selling drugs on Yardie turf and the two gangs are at war with each other. The Yardies are winning the war under Jamahl's leadership and are far more powerful than the Collins gang. The Yardies are in the game more than the Collins gang but are still not in it that much. They first appear when the police learn that the Skobel gang is making an alliance with the Yardies. The police stop a deal taking place in the underground and then start shooting at members of the gang and catch one of Jamahl's right hand men, Tyler. They then learn that Jamahl is making an arms deal with Viktor Skobel at a warehouse. With the new load of firearms that Jamahl is buying, Jamahl is hoping that he can use these to finish off the Collins gang and control London once and for all. However, the police stop the deal from taking place and most of the Yardie gang is killed at the warehouse.

At the end of The Getaway: Black Monday, it is unclear what has happened to the Yardies. Both the Collins gang and the Skobel gang are defeated making the Yardies the only gang left in London. It is however unknown if the Yardie gang has been defeated as well. Jamahl is last seen being taken downstairs by Yuri and he is not seen or mentioned again, making his fate unclear. If Jamahl managed to escape from the warehouse then the Yardie gang would certainly continue running and would most likely take full control of London. If Jamahl was killed in the crossfire or was arrested then it is likely that the Yardie gang would either be defeated or a new member of the gang would take over leadership. Either way, the Yardie gang is badly weakened at the end of the game.