. The defendants have begun their cases at Manchester Crown Court An alleged gang leader rang police to tell them Salford's A Team crime group was behind the doorstep shooting of a mother and her. 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. Hit eight times in the chest, stomach, left arm, elbow, and upper thigh, Lydiate survived. "He had said publicly that he had known for years that he could be shot dead at any time. There was blood everywhere and the place looked like an abattoir. Police at the scene in Manchester Road, Salford, after businessman Paul Massey was shot dead at his house. Lee Erdman, 37, once stood trial for conspiracy to murder and firearms offences alongside Stephen Lydiate, 44. One of those involved in the attack on Mr Lydiate - and a pall bearer at the funeral - was notorious mob fixer John. A spokesman for the Ministry of Justice said: Two prisoners were treated for bruising at HMP Wakefield after an incident on 20 January.. Mr Greaney listed people connected to The A Team in Salford, including Britton, some of whom were photographed making "A" signs with their fingers. Fellows, 38, who also shot dead Massey's close friend, John Kinsella, three years later, using accomplice Steven Boyle as a spotter, was given a whole life sentence. 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. 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. He had survived previous attempts on his life including with a machine gun.". The brother-in-law of an underworld "Mr Big" was involved in his assassination, Liverpool crown court has heard. Significantly the police were unable to recover any weapons from the scene. Boyle was attacked by another prisoner at HMP Wakefield on January 20 last year. We had a similar but in other ways completely different picture in Moss Side years ago. Mourners line the streets for the funeral procession of Paul Massey in Salford. Lee. 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. Another, fearsome arsenal found at that address included a sub machine gun, handguns, ammunition, body armour, and police scanners. Mark Fellows was known as 'The Iceman', his trial was told. Several police appeals for information have been met by a wall of silence from Salford residents fearing reprisals if they talk. From what I have heard one of the lads who got shot was giving people tenners minutes before it kicked off saying, Remember my name., Another said: A man inside the pub was shot in the stomach and the face. Moss Side, the scene of much of the violence, was labelled the British Bronx. At his graveside in Agecroft cemetery, Masseys brother-in-law Stephen Lydiate had chemicals thrown in his eyes and was repeatedly battered around the head with the wooden supports used to lower Masseys coffin into his grave. 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. The crime lord is still serving 22 years for torture in a gangland turf war. Fellows was then recalled to prison on licence by police who suspected he was involved in gangland violence. On May 19th, just after 9am, two men tried to get into the home of a man in Monton, Eccles. He was jailed for 15 years. Paul Massey, 55, was shot dead outside his Salford home, allegedly by Mark Fellows, 38, with the help of co-accused Steven Boyle, 35. Boyle was acquitted of the Massey murder. Mr Greaney said police had intelligence he was involved in Massey's murder, but he had never been charged with any offence over it. They shot him once in both legs and also took him to Hickey Farm. Mr Lydiate has never been charged with any offence connected to the murder. 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. Boyle and Fellows stood trial at Liverpool Crown Court in 2018 when prosecutors revealed disturbing details about the gang war which led up to the deaths of Massey and Kinsella. This part of Salford was once the fiefdom of Paul Massey, 46, also known as Salford's "Mr Big", whose security company once held a stranglehold on the doors of Manchester's biggest and best-known clubs. 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. During the same search, officers found a sock under floorboards in an airing cupboard containing 17 live rounds of 9mm parabellum ammunition. Something went wrong, please try again later. Luckily, no one was injured. This is my tribute to my Grandad, Stephen Lydiate D.S.M. Mr Lydiate has never been charged with any offence connected to the murder. Which is why were appealing to the women of Salford saying, actually, you lot have got to stand up and help us here. He was taken to hospital but his injuries were not. READ MORE:Spotter who helped gangland assassin 'The Iceman' has bid for freedom rejected. 2023 BBC. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. GMP said: A 49-year-old man from Salford has been recalled to prison for breaching his licence conditions.. A man who was viciously assaulted at the graveside during the funeral of Salford Mr Big Paul Massey has been recalled to prison. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Once you're there, put your email address where it says at the top, then click on the Echo Court Files button. Police investigating the attack arrested a 27-year-old man in connection with the assault on suspicion of section 18 assault. There was speculation last night that Massey, a category A prisoner in Frankland Prison, Co Durham, remains a significant figure in Salfords criminal underworld, even in his absence. 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. Mr Greaney said Kinsella assaulted a police officer in 1987 and was jailed for nine years for attempted robbery with a firearm in 1991. 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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. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. His murder, which saw him shot four times in the chest, remains unsolved and his killer at large. He was later found in the back of a Transit van outside the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital with gunshot wounds to his leg and knee. 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". Paul Greaney, QC, today closed the prosecution case by outlining the convictions of the four key figures in the trial at Liverpool Crown Court. Lee Erdman, 37, once stood trial for conspiracy to murder. Salford, Lancashire, M7. He denies all three allegations, Left, a photo from 2008 of John Kinsella. But by Friday police appeared no closer to catching those responsible. 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. He was a close friend of Stephen Lydiate, now serving 22 years for a vicious torture and turf war. At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. Man United beat West Ham United 3-1 in the fifth round of the FA Cup at Old Trafford on Wednesday evening. Mr Greaney said: "It was insulting about Cazza - Carroll - calling him a faggot and coward and so on.". The victim survived, but fellow gang members vowed that they would extract revenge. Kinsella was jailed for 10 years for robbery in 2008, after he had fled the UK and was extradited from the Netherlands. Serial Killer Who Murdered Four Women While Wearing GPS Device Speaks Out: What I Did 'Was Beyond Evil' Steven Gordon, who sexually assaulted and killed four women while wearing a GPS device, says . 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. Stephen Lydiate, who was assaulted at the graveside of Paul Massey. 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. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. 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. Michael Boyle, from Salford, joined the crew. Boyle was a member of the city's A Team gang which later split into two warring factions. Four men have been arrested in connection with the incident and remain in custody for questioning. Boyle and Fellows both joined the anti-A team faction which fought a violent gang war with their enemies on the streets of Salford. His brother-in-law Stephen Lydiate, has served a life sentence for a revenge plot of 'biblical proportions' after a shooting attempt on his life in 1999, Lee Erdmann, younger brother of the late Salford face Tony Erdmann, was shot dead in 2012, and Massey's close friend Bobby Spiers is serving life for a failed plot to kill Salford hardman, David 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 in the FA Cup fifth round and here are how the players rated at Old Trafford. Horrified drinkers at the 3am lock-in rushed him to hospital, but he died later from gunshot wounds. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Gang member Steven Boyle helped murder John Kinsella, Get the latest crime reports and stories from Liverpool Echo straight to your inbox. He was taken to hospital but his injuries were not life-threatening. A significant amount of drugs was seized. For years, Massey was the head of a criminal gang and was believed to have operated protection rackets as well as having links to organised crime gangs across the UK. The lad who was shot was in a bad way.. 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. Police had 'intelligence' Stephen Lydiate was involved in the murder even though he had never been charged, it was said. "He was regarded by the authorities as a gangland enforcer who had been involved with firearms. Detectives investigating the recent shootings searched a number of addresses for the guns in dawn raids on Friday, however no firearms were recovered. Police were told Mr Lydiate, who is not on trial, was involved, the jury heard. Massey's brother-in-law, Stephen Lydiate, has served a life sentence for a revenge plot of 'biblical proportions' after a shooting attempt on his life at the Ship Inn, Pendleton, in 1999. "Stephen Lydiate arranged the kidnap and torture of several individuals in a plan to murder the person he believed had shot him.". 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. It was then council-owned sheltered housing for the elderly in a quiet street off Station Road, Pendlebury. One Salford gangster, Stephen Lydiate, was peppered with bullets in April 1999 by a black gunman who entered the crowded Ship pub in Pendleton, Salford, and opened fire. Manchester earned its unwanted Gunchester soubriquet more than a decade ago when several, predominantly black, gangs vied for supremacy. An emotive appeal issued by police on Thursday, including a picture of Christian in his hospital bed with a cuddly toy and his left leg bandaged, was designed specifically to tug at the heartstrings of Salford mothers. 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.. At Manchester Crown Court, Judge Peter Openshaw QC, said of the mayhem: "In a city where shootings have become common, this is a case set apart by its savagery and brutality.". The trial judge, Mr Justice William Davis, told Boyle that he would spend decades in prison for the murder of Mr Kinsella. After opening fire on two men inside the Brass Handles public house on the corner of Edgehill Close and Fitzwarren Street they were chased by other customers and shot dead before they could reach their getaway car. In terms of disrupting their activities, that was a lot easier because they came from not longstanding entrenched crime families so parents were with us. 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. 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. But it became part of one of the most bizarre episodes in the criminal history of Salford. 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During the first section of his evidence, Boyle denied being part of any gang or having problems with either Britton or Carroll. The violence, during April and May 1999 last was described in Preston Crown Court as being of biblical proportions. Laurence Lowry Court is off Lowry Drive, close to Station Road, where the artist it was named after lived. They tell them something and then see it on the news or somewhere. 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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Their trial, now in its fifth week, heard Mr Fellows will not give evidence in his own defence. The two men, wearing beanie hats, walked into the pub and then pulled the woollen rims over their faces to reveal home-made balaclavas. The hostage was then moved to a house in Lower Kersal but escaped on May 25th by slipping some sleeping tablets into the drink of his armed guard. 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.. Mr Boyle, from Heywood, Greater Manchester, and Mr Fellows, of Warrington, deny the murder of Mr Massey on July 26 2015 and the murder of Mr Kinsella and attempted murder of Miss Owen on May 5 this year. He considered Paul Massey his mentor,. Advertisement Hide Ad Kinsella acted as a pall bearer and launched the brutal graveside attack on. For residents on the estate, the turmoil since July has taken them back to the dark days when shootings seemed an everyday occurrence. The force would not say how Mr Lydiate had breached his conditions. We had the mothers against violence and they were instrumental in helping us resolve those issues in that community, we havent got that here. He was convicted of possessing a handgun and ammunition without a certificate at trial. The court heard Carroll was the godfather to Rothwell's daughter and Rothwell was shot outside a car wash in Ashton-in-Makerfield in March 2015. Their injuries are not thought to be life threatening. 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. Mr Massey was murdered on. 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. 19 Port Soderick Avenue; Salford; M5 4HW; England; Industry Codes. among various. Twelve days later he discharged himself from hospital, where he had had a police guard around the clock, and vowed to take revenge on the two men he suspected of having ordered the hit on him. It's free, easy and takes no time at all. While the gang were there, they attempted to disguise themselves by wearing women's clothes and wigs.

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