He was shot in both legs before a tree branch and salt were pushed into the wounds to make him reveal the identity of the assassin. 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. Police chief says officers investigating shooting of seven-year-old face a struggle to break through in a community with longstanding crime families. 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. Laurence Lowry Court is off Lowry Drive, close to Station Road, where the artist it was named after lived. He was convicted of possessing a handgun and ammunition without a certificate at trial. 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. Police have offered onlookers in the bar witness protection in a bid to persuade them to come forward and give evidence. Hit eight times in the chest, stomach, left arm, elbow, and upper thigh, Lydiate survived. 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While the gang were there, they attempted to disguise themselves by wearing women's clothes and wigs. Seven men and a woman were arrested for offences including handling stolen goods and possession of class A and class B drugs with intent to supply. Sources on the Ordsall estate said the streets of Salford had been flooded with heroin and crack cocaine since Masseys murder. 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. Significantly the police were unable to recover any weapons from the scene. Detective Superintendent Andy Tattersall, from the major incident team, appealed for witnesses. Massey's funeral on August 28 brought around 2,000 mourners on to the streets of Salford. The trial judge, Mr Justice William Davis, told Boyle that he would spend decades in prison for the murder of Mr Kinsella. Detectives investigating the recent shootings searched a number of addresses for the guns in dawn raids on Friday, however no firearms were recovered. He was jailed for 15 years. Boyle's older brother Michael had been jailed for 15 years for his role in a violent gang war in the late 1990s. But by Friday police appeared no closer to catching those responsible. Steven Boyle was also jailed for life. Sorry, we are unable to accept comments about this article at the moment. He was in the King's Own and fought his war in the Dardanelles and Baghdad where he won his D.S.M. In February 2016, Britton and two other men were arrested in a Spanish apartment, where a loaded firearm and ammunition was recovered. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Express. The incident was yet another in the string of tit-for-tat violence that has frightened many Salford families into silence. 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One of those involved in the attack on Mr Lydiate - and a pall bearer at the funeral - was notorious mob fixer John. SALFORD GANGSTER STEPHEN LYDIATE SEEKING REVENGE AFTER BEING SHOT Reproducir Descargar 8 Salfords Ateam vs Anti A Team : The Fall Of Paul Massey Reproducir Descargar 9 Panorama special - Gangs . Michael Boyle, then of Winton Road in Salford, was convicted of conspiracy to murder, conspiracy to kidnap, false imprisonment, wounding and two firearms offences. She spoke outside Swinton police station, three miles from where Christian Hickey and his mother, Jayne, 29, were shot in the legs on their doorstep on Monday. He said: "I didnt have no loyalty to either side.". But the gangland hit was not a success. Fellows received a whole life sentence for the murders of Mr Kinsella and Massey. Police at the scene in Manchester Road, Salford, after businessman Paul Massey was shot dead at his house. Their trial, now in its fifth week, heard Mr Fellows will not give evidence in his own defence. 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. Sign up to the Daily Star's newsletter. There he was pistol-whipped and forced to give up the address of his brother-in-law, before being released. Michael Boyle (left) and Stephen Lydiate (right) were at the centre of a bizarre and brutal case. After he was released he decided to kill Kinsella who blamed him for Massey's murder. Louise Lydiate, Massey's partner of 30. 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. They were to spend a week holed up in the sheltered accommodation. Lydiate, then of Vestrie Drive in Salford, was found guilty of conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to kidnap. Christian Hickey in his hospital bed after gunmen shot him and his mother at their home. Do We Riot or Not? 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. Determined to find the men responsible for his shooting, he discharged himself from hospital with a bullet still lodged in his groin. 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. Supreme Court to sit in Manchester for the first time next week, The court is usually based in central London. 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. 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Down the years casual violence has become a way of life on Langworthy as criminal gangs seek to wrest control from each other, but nothing had prepared its residents for the terrifying violence that broke out over several mad minutes on Sunday afternoon. He said Lydiate - the brother of Massey's partner Louise - had been interviewed by police about Massey's murder, but refused to co-operate. It was then council-owned sheltered housing for the elderly in a quiet street off Station Road, Pendlebury. READ MORE:Spotter who helped gangland assassin 'The Iceman' has bid for freedom rejected. He had always asserted his opposition to class A drugs, sparking a bloody feud between two gangs fighting to get their hands on the huge profits those substances bring in. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. An increasingly violent series of incidents thought to be linked to the murder has plagued Salford since then. 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. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. A BODYBUILDER gunned down by a hitman during a pub lock-in was a pal of one of Britains most notorious crimelords. Other reports suggest that there has been bad blood since the stabbing of a member of a crime family based in Moss Side, once the epicentre of the Gunchester phenomenon. He said: Stephen Lydiate is a violent man. 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. He was taken to an address and a pillow case put over his head. He had been the subject of numerous newspaper articles dealing with his criminal activity. 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 during the Gunchester era of the 1990s, the citys police chief has said. Mr Greaney said: "It was insulting about Cazza - Carroll - calling him a faggot and coward and so on.". 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. In the twenty years that have passed, the property has passed to new management and is no longer run by Salford council. 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. 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. . The then-warden at the complex and her friend were intimidated and forced to harbour the gang. Lydiate and some of his associates even wore wigs and dresses when tried to appear to be old ladies. Stephen Lydiate, 49, was battered with a heavy wooden beam and had a chemical poured in his face, during the attack in Agecroft cemetery. A jury convicted Lydiate of conspiracy to murder, conspiracy to kidnap and false imprisonment after two weeks of deliberation following a 12-week trial amid tight security at the court. He was taken to hospital but his injuries were not life-threatening. A significant amount of drugs was seized. Mr Kinsella, who lived nearby, had been out walking his dogs when Fellows came cycling up behind him and opened fire. 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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. Louise Lydiate is on Facebook. The men were forced to move on from Lawrence Lowry Court after after one of their guns accidentally went off, upsetting the residents. Trusted sources told the ECHO that the attack was not linked to the murder of Mr Kinsella. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. The pair had an argument and the killer shot Erdman at close range. Unlike in Moss Side, where a group of enraged parents took a stand against gun crime after three young men were shot dead within two weeks in 1999, the relatives of gang members in Salford today are silent. 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. They shot him once in both legs and also took him to Hickey Farm. 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. Lydiate was driven to revenge after a masked assassin walked into the Ship Pub in Salford last year and opened fire, hitting him in the chest, abdomen, arm, elbow and thigh. They think: Im holding on to my life here. He was characterised in the media as Mr Big. Moss Side, the scene of much of the violence, was labelled the British Bronx. What's he waiting for? One police source acknowledged that the explosion of violence took the police force by surprise but added: One name keeps cropping up: Paul Massey. Police investigating the attack arrested a 27-year-old man in connection with the assault on suspicion of section 18 assault. He also had the barrel of a gun shoved into his mouth. 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. Boyle is thought to have been punched in the face although no weapons were involved. "He was regarded by the authorities as a gangland enforcer who had been involved with firearms. Mr Greaney said police had intelligence he was involved in Massey's murder, but he had never been charged with any offence over it. 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. After the gun smoke cleared it appeared that the predominantly black gangs from south Manchester had once again tried to move in on the white boys from Salford. Lydiate was given a life sentence after being found guilty of conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to kidnap. 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. 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. Something went wrong, please try again later. Only days ago, McKie sat in the living room of a Salford mother who had a grenade thrown through her front door. A source told the ECHO that Boyle was attacked by another prisoner and then retaliated. Mr Greaney said he was jailed for life and given a 22-year term after being convicted of conspiracy to murder, conspiracy to kidnap and false imprisonment in 2000. Mr Massey, 55, was shot dead outside his home in Clifton on July 26th and the graveside attack on Mr Lydiate was at 3pm on August 28th. 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DI Alan Clitherow said: This series of warrants is just one element of the continuing and relentless operation being orchestrated to tackle organised crime gangs in Salford. 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. among various. 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. . Liverpool Crown Court heard he had provided Mark Fellows with crucial support as he planned the murder of his underworld enemy John Kinsella. The shooting was linked to a protection racket turf war in Salford following the jailing of another local crime boss. The contents of this website are copyright 1990-2023 New
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