Something went wrong, please try again later. Mr Greaney said police had intelligence he was involved. One police source acknowledged that the explosion of violence took the police force by surprise but added: One name keeps cropping up: Paul Massey. Mr Massey was murdered on July 26th 2015 by hired hitman Mark Fellows with an Uzi machine gun outside his home in Clifton. Man United beat West Ham United 3-1 in the fifth round of the FA Cup at Old Trafford on Wednesday evening. This gang war culminated in a fatal machine gun attack on underworld figure Paul Massey, who had been associated with the A Team gang. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. In 1999, he was jailed for 14 years for stabbing a man. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. On May 19th, just after 9am, two men tried to get into the home of a man in Monton, Eccles. "The aggravating factors require an uplift from the starting point of 30 years. Massey, 55, was ambushed by a submachine gun-wielding assassin outside his Manchester Road, Salford home at 7.27pm on July 26, 2015. Jailing Mr Lydiate for life and four others to sentences ranging from 15 to eight years, Judge Peter Openshaw QC said: In a city where shootings have become common, this is a case set apart by its savagery and brutality.. In the twenty years that have passed, the property has passed to new management and is no longer run by Salford council. They included Michael Boyle - the elder brother of Steven Boyle, who, 20 years later, would be jailed for his part in the assassination of John Kinsella, a close associate of Paul Massey. He left behind a Baikal loaded handgun, equipped with a silencer, and 82 rounds in a bag. Mr Greaney said: "The police had information, at the time of his death, that John Kinsella was a 'Merseyside-based career criminal'. On Saturday night he was drinking in the Wellington bar in Salford, when a gunman sneaked in and was seen approaching him. Louise Lydiate is on Facebook. Mr Lydiate has never been charged with any offence connected to the murder. Erdman was drinking in the Wellington pub at Salford, Greater Manchester, at 3am on Saturday when the gunman crept in and shot him at close range. A crime godfather was jailed for 22 years yesterday for plotting a series of sadistic revenge attacks against gangsters who tried to kill him in an underworld feud. Sixteen years after that sentencing, after being released on licence, Stephen Lydiate was recalled to prison after he was attacked at the graveside of Paul Massey. Another, fearsome arsenal found at that address included a sub machine gun, handguns, ammunition, body armour, and police scanners. At 11am that day another man was abducted from a house in Salford. Man United beat West Ham in the fifth round of the FA Cup on Wednesday and we'll bring you live reaction from the match. We had the mothers against violence and they were instrumental in helping us resolve those issues in that community, we havent got that here. "That means that you will not be eligible for parole until the expiry of 33 years from today less the 224 days you have spent on remand. At 2.15pm on Sunday women and children were mixing with regulars in the Brass Handles, an ugly, low-rise bar near Salford Shopping Centre. In February 2016, Britton and two other men were arrested in a Spanish apartment, where a loaded firearm and ammunition was recovered. Was the Fight for Irish Independence Pointless. As in the first murder, Mr Boyle is again alleged to have been the lookout while Mr Fellows is accused of using a Webley handgun to shoot Mr Kinsella in the back as he walked his dogs with partner Wendy Owen near their home in Rainhill, Merseyside. He was characterised in the media as Mr Big. The jury heard Fellows and Boyle conspired to rob cash-in-transit drivers with weapons - coshes - together and with others in 2000. Salford, Lancashire, M7. Mr Greaney said: "It was insulting about Cazza - Carroll - calling him a faggot and coward and so on.". He jumped from a window and hid in a skip where he was found by workmen. In 2003, they and others robbed a cash-in-transit driver on his way to a bank, who was threatened with an axe and assaulted, taking 25,450. 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Massey's funeral on August 28 brought around 2,000 mourners on to the streets of Salford. Lydiate then assembled a gang which organised a wave of punishment shootings and kidnappings when they tried to find out who had organised the pub attack. POLICE investigating the shooting of Salford 'Mr Big' Paul Massey uncovered 112 names of people said to be responsible for his murder, his murder trial heard. Mr Greaney said Massey was seen as a "mentor" to Britton, who along with other A Team associates attended his funeral, when Kinsella was a pallbearer. Nick Johnson, QC, defending Fellows, then confirmed he would not be calling any evidence on behalf of his client, before Boyle took the stand. Once you're there, put your email address where it says at the top, then click on the Echo Court Files button. Fellows later clutched a pen he had been using to take notes, stared at his co-accused, and drew it slowly across his throat. Jadwal Sholat Hari Ini di Middlesbrough, England, Britania Raya: Waktu Subuh 5:05 AM, Waktu Dzuhur 12:18 PM, Waktu Ashar 2:55 PM, Waktu Magrib 5:36 PM, Waktu Isya 7:25 PM, Arah Kiblat 120.51 dari utara. In 2012, Fellows admitted possessing cocaine with intent to supply after police seized 200g of the drug, digital scales, mobile phones and 2,000 in cash from his home. One day in late May 1999 - in the aftermath of a spree of violence which would later be described by a barrister as a revenge plot 'of Biblical proportions' - the home received some unlikely new 'residents'. A product of Catholic education from elementary to graduate school, Mr. Walswick strives to support and serve the . Moss Side, the scene of much of the violence, was labelled the British Bronx. See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, order back issues and use the historic Daily Express newspaper archive. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. Stephen M. Kubaska III M.D., FACS is a Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon who primarily practices at Anaheim Regional Medical Center in Anaheim, CA with a second practice location at St. Jude Hospital in Fullerton. Mark Fellows was known as 'The Iceman', his trial was told. We wanted to show our communities that we are leaving no stone unturned in the hunt for those responsible for the abhorrent attack on an innocent child and his mother, and that we will not stand for the spate of shootings taking place on our streets in recent weeks.. 19 Port Soderick Avenue; Salford; M5 4HW; England; Industry Codes. He heard the gun click several times and it was placed in his mouth. VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Stephen Lydiate, who was assaulted at the graveside of Paul Massey. Liverpool Crown Court heard he had provided Mark Fellows with crucial support as he planned the murder of his underworld enemy John Kinsella. A 10,000 ransom was demanded from Mr Kent's family for his release before heescaped by slipping sleeping tablets into his guard's drink. Steven Boyle, was found guilty of murder last year after John Kinsella was shot in the back of the head whilst out walking his dog on May 5, 2018. He was jailed for 15 years. Read about our approach to external linking. Police at the scene in Manchester Road, Salford, after businessman Paul Massey was shot dead at his house. among various. Web. The reluctance of Salford residents to talk to the police after a seven-year-old boy and his mother were shot has made the task of ending a recent surge of violence even more difficult than. There was blood everywhere and the place looked like an abattoir. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? He was convicted of possessing a handgun and ammunition without a certificate at trial. Mr Greaney said: "Some of the graffiti that appeared in the Salford area made specific reference to Carroll being in Spain and that he should come back to fight the war. This was a terrifying ordeal for those in the pub when shots were fired. No one has yet been arrested in connection with the murder of Mr Massey although police have executed search warrants at several addresses. Boyle took and Fellows was carried in vehicles taken without consent and they later tried to escape from custody at court, but were detained. He may be in jail but he has still got some cronies on the outside.. Michael Boyle (left) and Stephen Lydiate (right) were at the centre of a bizarre and brutal case. They are also seeking a second man in connection with the assault. Paul Greaney, QC, today closed the prosecution case by outlining the convictions of the four key figures in the trial at Liverpool Crown Court. There are other newsletters available too if you want them as well. Boyles fingerprints were on the bag and his DNA was on the working firearm. Some drinkers dived for cover beneath pool tables as the pair produced automatic weapons and fired at least four shots. Lydiate, licence, prison under CAPTION (S): Paul Massey, who was shot dead One man said: Do you want me to be the next one shot?, Salford's 'Mr Big' Paul Massey 'had been mediating between two warring gangs', Salford shooting of mother and son linked to gangland murder of Paul Massey, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. A relative carried 10,500 to a rendezvous with a gang member. Stephen Lydiate, 33, organised a campaign of kidnappings and torture to track down the gang who sprayed him with 14 bullets as he ate in a pub in Salford, Greater Manchester, in April last year. AboutPressCopyrightContact. While police have struggled to get people to talk on Salfords Ordsall estate, where Massey used to operate, one source said everyone on the estate knows who the two shooters are. 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The crime lord is still serving 22 years for torture in a gangland turf war. Five days on, the motive for the sickening and cowardly attack remains unclear and the gunmen at large. He was threatened with rape and shown a shallow grave which his captors said they had dug for him. The two dead men, both in their twenties, died where they fell, 20 yards apart on the grass. Police are hunting two gunmen over the attack, which has been linked to a gangland feud over the lucrative drug trade that has flared up following the murder of Salfords Mr Big, Paul Massey, on his driveway in July. Orange County Superior Court Judge Patrick H. Donahue sentenced Gordon to death for the abduction and murder of four women who had been working as prostitutes in Santa Ana and Anaheim in 2013 and . As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Mr Boyle and Mr Fellows were part of a rival gang led by a man called Michael Carroll, it is alleged. His murder, which saw him shot four times in the chest, remains unsolved and his killer at large. Boyle had robbed a petrol station with four other men in 1999 and, in 2011, was driving a hire vehicle on false plates, stopped by police in Whiston. Right, pictured are forensic investigators at the scene, after police closed off part of the slip-road onto the M62 near the roundabout junction with Watkinson Way, (Image: Lincolnshire Police/PA Wire, Liverpool Echo). 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