Drinkers . The murders arose out of gang warfare in Salford, Greater Manchester, the court has heard. Boyle took and Fellows was carried in vehicles taken without consent and they later tried to escape from custody at court, but were detained. It's free, easy and takes no time at all. Web. He said Lydiate - the brother of Massey's partner Louise - had been interviewed by police about Massey's murder, but refused to co-operate. But it became part of one of the most bizarre episodes in the criminal history of Salford. 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. 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. There were gasps in the public gallery as he said he thought he was going to Rainhill to collect drugs money, but was passed a rucksack containing a gun. Erdman was drinking in the Wellington pub at Salford, Greater Manchester, at 3am on Saturday. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. He was a close friend of Stephen Lydiate, now serving 22 years for a vicious torture and turf war. Steven Boyle was told that he would serve a minimum of 33 years in prison before he could be considered for parole after he was found guilty of murder in 2019. He managed to fight the gang off. He has been bailed until next month. Police at the scene in Manchester Road, Salford, after businessman Paul Massey was shot dead at his house. He died later in hospital. Two white men, both aged 27, were injured. During the first section of his evidence, Boyle denied being part of any gang or having problems with either Britton or Carroll. Paul Massey, 55, was shot dead outside his Salford home, allegedly by Mark Fellows, 38, with the help of co-accused Steven Boyle, 35. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. It began when Mr Lydiate was sprayed with bullets at The Ship pub, in Pendleton, Salford, in April that year, but survived. He had survived previous attempts on his life including with a machine gun.". Its your children potentially that are going to get shot its you potentially that is going to get shot, your young children are now clearly in the picture.. 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. One report suggests that the guns and balaclavas were hurriedly retrieved by an accomplice before the Mondeo sped off. He heard the gun click several times and it was placed in his mouth. Sorry, we are unable to accept comments about this article at the moment. On the grim streets of the notorious Langworthy Estate in Salford people fear that a running gun battle that claimed two lives and left two men injured is only the beginning of another bloody gangland feud. He said: Stephen Lydiate is a violent man. 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They shot him once in both legs and also took him to Hickey Farm. One of those involved in the attack on Mr Lydiate - and a pall bearer at the funeral - was notorious mob fixer John. An unidentified passenger fled and ditched a wig and glasses, before escaping. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Mr Lydiate was the leader of a gang that kidnapped then shot, stabbed and tortured three men in an attempt to track down those behind a gun attack on him. 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". 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. 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. The victim survived, but fellow gang members vowed that they would extract revenge. The brother-in-law of an underworld "Mr Big" was involved in his assassination, Liverpool crown court has heard. Muscleman Erdman became known to police in 2000 after he was arrested and charged over a string of gangland kidnappings. Four men have been arrested in connection with the incident and remain in custody for questioning. salford gangsters stephen lydiate goes on a gun rampage through salford with a gang of thugs after he was shot, seeking revenge in the streets of salford, he. Three years later, his close friend John Kinsella, 53, was executed while walking his dogs with his pregnant partner Wendy Owen in Rainhill. Christian Hickey in his hospital bed after gunmen shot him and his mother at their home. among various. The prosecutor said: "He was released from prison but subject to a life sentence licence at the time of the murder of Paul Massey.". At 11am that day another man was abducted from a house in Salford. Fellows was slashed with a razor blade by a gang member at HMP Whitemoor. Mourners line the streets for the funeral procession of Paul Massey in Salford. For residents on the estate, the turmoil since July has taken them back to the dark days when shootings seemed an everyday occurrence. "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. 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. 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. Four other members of the gang were sentenced to a total of 41 years for their part in the kidnappings -including Michael Boyle, then of Winton Road, Salford, who was jailed for 15 years. 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 said until July 2014, A Team members were on friendly terms with Carroll and a man called Jamie Rothwell, both known associates of Fellows. Lydiate then. Five days on, the motive for the sickening and cowardly attack remains unclear and the gunmen at large. They can see that happening to them, she said. You have to put yourself in their situation.. 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. By the time Boyle was arrested in relation to the murders of Massey and Kinsella he was already well known to the police. Michael Boyle, from Salford, joined the crew. The lad who was shot was in a bad way.. Stephen Lydiate, 49, was battered with a heavy wooden beam and had a chemical poured in his face, during the attack in Agecroft cemetery, Sign up to the MySalford newsletter to keep up with what's happening in and around the city. 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". Hit eight times in the chest, stomach, left arm, elbow, and upper thigh, Lydiate survived. His murder, which saw him shot four times in the chest, remains unsolved and his killer at large. Prosecutors say Mark Fellows and Steven Boyle carried out both murders, with Fellows acting as the shooter and Boyle as his "spotter". He was convicted of possessing a handgun and ammunition without a certificate at trial. 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VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Man United beat West Ham United 3-1 in the fifth round of the FA Cup at Old Trafford on Wednesday evening. He denies all three allegations, Left, a photo from 2008 of John Kinsella. 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. Was the Fight for Irish Independence Pointless. A gang member from Salford who helped murder John Kinsella now faces spending three decades in the prison system after his appeal was rejected. ", One piece of graffiti read: "Cazza snitch hid in Spain come fight your war" and another: "Cazza rat coward hiding in Spain you can't hide forever.". He said: "You played your part in the execution of a man knowing full well what was to happen. Father-of-five Massey, 55, a notorious 'Mr Big' crime figure in Salford and beyond, was blasted at 18 times, hit five times and died on his doorstep. At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. Mr Kinsella had a long criminal record and was known to have been an 'enforcer' within Merseyside's underworld. Miss Owen was also shot at by a cyclist, who struck on a country lane, near junction 7 of the M62, shortly after 6.45am, on May 5 this year. Only days ago, McKie sat in the living room of a Salford mother who had a grenade thrown through her front door. 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. 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. 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