The two hitmen ran from the pub across Fitzwarren Road and on to parkland known locally as The Croft with the mob at their heels. A gang member from Salford who helped murder John Kinsella now faces spending three decades in the prison system after his appeal was rejected. 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. Laurence Lowry Court is off Lowry Drive, close to Station Road, where the artist it was named after lived. Fellows was slashed with a razor blade by a gang member at HMP Whitemoor. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. Fellows, the man who machine gunned Paul Massey on his doorstep, shot Mr Kinsella dead in front of pregnant partner in 2018 on a path off the M62. He denies all allegations, Steven Boyle, 35 and of Sandy Way in Heywood, Manchester, is accused of the murders of John Kinsella and Paul Massey and the attempted murder of Wendy Owen. The jury heard Fellows and Boyle conspired to rob cash-in-transit drivers with weapons - coshes - together and with others in 2000. The scale of the challenge facing police is huge: there are an estimated 160 organised crime groups and 8,000 troublesome families operating across Greater Manchester. He admitted possessing ammunition without a certificate, but the bullets found were not the same as those used to kill Massey. Mr Greaney said: "It was insulting about Cazza - Carroll - calling him a faggot and coward and so on.". Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. This part of Salford was once the fiefdom of Paul Massey, 46, also known as Salfords Mr Big, whose security company once held a stranglehold on the doors of Manchesters biggest and best-known clubs. I am particularly keen to speak to anyone who may have seen a dark-coloured car in the area surrounding the pub on Sunday afternoon, he said. 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Web. In the twenty years that have passed, the property has passed to new management and is no longer run by Salford council. Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. In November 2015, police searched his home and found 22.5g of cocaine at 64% purity, which he admitted dealing, plus cash, digital scales and multiple phones. The Salford gangsters were at the heart of a vicious feud, sparked in 2012 over a fake watch, which led to multiple shootings, the near-decapitation of a gang member and the murder of 'Mr Big'. He said Lydiate - the brother of Massey's partner Louise - had been interviewed by police about Massey's murder, but refused to co-operate. Mr Boyle and Mr Fellows were part of a rival gang led by a man called Michael Carroll, it is alleged. Staring arrogantly from a police mugshot, Stephen Britton, 31, was said to be the boss of Salford's notorious A Team, a band of about 50 serious villains. Boyle, 35, of Sandiway, Heywood, Rochdale, and Fellows, 37, of Sandy Lane West, Hulme, Warrington, deny two counts of murder and one of attempted murder. Lydiate, licence, prison under CAPTION (S): Paul Massey, who was shot dead He was a close friend of Stephen Lydiate, now serving 22 years for a vicious torture and turf war. It's free, easy and takes no time at all. He also had the barrel of a gun shoved into his mouth. 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 . On May 22nd a 37-year-old man was woken in the middle of the night at his home near Leigh by four masked men. The repercussions of Masseys killing began on the day of his funeral. One of the gangs victims was taken to a remote farmhouse where a branch was forced into his bullet wounds and then salt was poured onto them. He had been part of a gang led by Stephen Lydiate, now 44 and serving 22 years for in jail over a vicious torture and turf war described as being of biblical proportions. Mr Boyle admitted to the jury that he was a career criminal with convictions for robbery, escape from custody and possessing a loaded handgun fitted with a silencer and 82 rounds of ammunition. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. 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.. Something went wrong, please try again later. Twenty years ago M.E.N Chief Reporter Neal Keeling covered one of the most bizarre episodes in Salford's criminal history - here he looks back at how it unfolded, Sign up to the MySalford newsletter to keep up with what's happening in and around the city. Other occupants . The information was then used by Lydiate, who ran a series of criminal enterprises in the Salford area, to employ a hand-picked gang armed with sub-machine guns to torture "suspects" for information. AboutPressCopyrightContact. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. He received his medical degree from George Washington University School of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years. Police have intelligence that Stephen Lydiate was involved in the murder of Paul Massey Paul Greaney gun moments his BMW address Road in July 35, both Salford, murdering friend, John Kinsella, for Massey but said. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. In February 2016, Britton and two other men were arrested in a Spanish apartment, where a loaded firearm and ammunition was recovered. On that occasion Lydiate, then 32, survived to wreak his own kind of vengeance on his rivals, described by the judge as a case set apart by its savagery and brutality for which he was jailed for life. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Another of the four kidnap victims, 35-year old Tony Shenton, was found in a stolen van near a hospital with gunshot wounds to his leg after being held captive for 13 hours. On June 17, 1999, a month after the kidnappings that preceded the invasion of the home, police swooped on a flat in Redmires Court, Weaste, Salford, and arrested three men. Police had 'intelligence' Stephen Lydiate was involved in the murder even though he had never been charged, it was said. Several police appeals for information have been met by a wall of silence from Salford residents fearing reprisals if they talk. His murder, which saw him shot four times in the chest, remains unsolved and his killer at large. Do We Riot or Not? None of the people on the estate we spoke to wanted to be named. The murders arose out of gang warfare in Salford, Greater Manchester, the court has heard. Gang boss Stephen Lydiate organised a series of reprisal attacks after he was shot and nearly killed in a Salford pub while watching Manchester United play Leeds in 1999. Lee Erdman, 37, once stood trial for conspiracy to murder and firearms offences alongside Stephen Lydiate, 44. They came about as a result of the ongoing investigation into the recent spate of firearms discharges in Salford, including the horrific attack on young Christian Hickey and his mother Jayne. Steven Boyle One of the men involved in carrying out an execution-style murder on a Liverpool gang member, has reportedly been attacked in prison - the Echo reports. Four men have been arrested in connection with the incident and remain in custody for questioning. 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'. Significantly the police were unable to recover any weapons from the scene. There are other newsletters available too if you want them as well. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Gangsters Thirst for Revenge Blamed for Deadly Pub Shootout, < White Man Wins Payout Over Police Job Race Bias, Bread and Circuses for a Disunited America. We had the mothers against violence and they were instrumental in helping us resolve those issues in that community, we havent got that here. CRIME FIRMS TURN TO GUNS TO ESTABLISH SUPREMACY, Manchester, London and the West Midlands are the worst centres for gun crime, according to the Home Office, At the height of the Gunchester era, 27 people died and 250 people were injured over five years, Police intelligence suggests that 76 per cent of gang members are Afro-Caribbean or mixed race, Intelligence material concludes that 500 people have been involved in gang-related offences over the past six years, Five gang members were jailed last month after the Doddington and Gooch Close gangs clashed near the Granada TV studios, Peter Walsh, the author, in his book Gang War: The Inside Story of the Manchester Gangs, wrote: Crime firms are seen in Greater Manchester to be more organised, more instrumental, and more specifically focused on crime than street gangs, He added that Salford gangs have tended to traffick drugs from the South. Ch Supt Mary Doyle said disrupting violence in the Moss Side area of Manchester nearby had been easier because there were no longstanding crime families in the area, meaning officers had the support of parents. Video, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story, Harry and Meghan told to 'vacate' Frogmore Cottage, Rare Jurassic-era bug found at Arkansas Walmart, Ed Sheeran says wife developed tumour in pregnancy, China and Belarus call for peace in Ukraine, Man survives 31 days in jungle by eating worms, Baby's body found as police still question couple, Havana Syndrome unlikely to have hostile cause - US. Something went wrong, please try again later. Lydiate, who was later released from prison on licence, was attacked by members of the A Team gang on the day of Massey's funeral, who beat him with wooden staves. 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. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. They link them to a gang led by Michael Carroll, at odds with another gang "The A Team" headed by Stephen Britton, connected to the victims. See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, order back issues and use the historic Daily Express newspaper archive. Something went wrong, please try again later. Whether you will be released at that point will be a matter for the Parole Board and their assessment for you at that point.". 19 Port Soderick Avenue; Salford; M5 4HW; England; Industry Codes. He was issued with numerous 'threat to life warnings' by police, ran security companies controlling nightclubs and was being investigated for money laundering. Fellows received a whole life sentence for the murders of Mr Kinsella and Massey. He left behind a Baikal loaded handgun, equipped with a silencer, and 82 rounds in a bag. Something went wrong, please try again later. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric'. Louise Lydiate is on Facebook. The attack on February 20 2019 was carried out by Kieran Blair, who was a member of a gun gang that brought mayhem to parts of Speke and Huyton. According to one eye witness account, retaliation was almost instant with gunfire exchanged across the floor of the pub. Mr Lydiate has never been charged with any offence connected to the murder. Sign up to the Daily Star's newsletter. One of Lydiate's victims, 37-year-old James Kent, was snatched from his bed and driven to a remote farm before being tortured during 80 hours of captivity. But he said violent incidents, which police believed to be "tit for tat" between The A Team and others associated with Carroll, took place in 2015. 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Two would-be hitmen from a Moss Side-based gang, said to be of Asian or mixed-race appearance, went looking for revenge on a hoodlum they blamed for a city centre stabbing of one of their own. He said Fellows received a formal 'threat to life' warning from police in June 2015, after an informal one in March, and graffiti in the area referred to the "fall out". He was taken to hospital but his injuries were not life-threatening. Advertisement Hide Ad Kinsella acted as a pall bearer and launched the brutal graveside attack on. Gang member Steven Boyle helped murder John Kinsella, Get the latest crime reports and stories from Liverpool Echo straight to your inbox. People are going to see that and be afraid to talk. In 2011 he and a man called Andrew Johansson stole 1,000 of cigarettes from an unattended petrol station in Cornwall, using a car with false plates. Boyle was a member of the city's A Team gang which later split into two warring factions. 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