He said Lydiate - the brother of Massey's partner Louise - had been interviewed by police about Massey's murder, but refused to co-operate. 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'. In 2011 he and a second man stole 1,000 of cigarettes from an unattended petrol station in Cornwall, using a car with false plates. He managed to fight the gang off. Chief Superintendent Kevin Mulligan, of Greater Manchester Police said: I want to ask anyone who was there to come forward.. He considered Paul Massey his mentor,. On Saturday night he was drinking in the Wellington bar in Salford, when a gunman sneaked in and was seen approaching him. They are also seeking a second man in connection with the assault. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. 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 Big" Paul Massey (left) and John Kinsella were both fatally shot. 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. Boyles fingerprints were on the bag and his DNA was on the working firearm. Advertisement Hide Ad Kinsella acted as a pall bearer and launched the brutal graveside attack on. 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. Children enjoying a Sunday afternoon kickabout scattered as shots rang out. Mr Boyle and Mr Fellows were part of a rival gang led by a man called Michael Carroll, it is alleged. Michael Boyle, then of Winton Road in Salford, was convicted of conspiracy to murder, conspiracy to kidnap, false imprisonment, wounding and two firearms offences. Mr Massey was murdered on. During the first section of his evidence, Boyle denied being part of any gang or having problems with either Britton or Carroll. 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. By the time Boyle was arrested in relation to the murders of Massey and Kinsella he was already well known to the police. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Lee Erdman, 37, once stood trial for conspiracy to murder. Nick Johnson, QC, defending Fellows, then confirmed he would not be calling any evidence on behalf of his client, before Boyle took the stand. People are going to see that and be afraid to talk. Was the Fight for Irish Independence Pointless. He was taken to an address and a pillow case put over his head. A product of Catholic education from elementary to graduate school, Mr. Walswick strives to support and serve the . 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. 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.. This gang war culminated in a fatal machine gun attack on underworld figure Paul Massey, who had been associated with the A Team gang. In 1999, he was jailed for 14 years for stabbing a man. He said: "You played your part in the execution of a man knowing full well what was to happen. 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". 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. How can someone do that to another person? Mr Lydiate has never been charged with any offence connected to the murder. Boyle took and Fellows was carried in vehicles taken without consent and they later tried to escape from custody at court, but were detained. 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. Two men are on trial accused of murder over "assassinations" of John Kinsella and Paul Massey, Mark Fellows, 38 and of Sandy Lane West in Warrington, is accused of the murders of John Kinsella and Paul Massey and the attempted murder of Wendy Owen. 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. On May 19th, just after 9am, two men tried to get into the home of a man in Monton, Eccles. 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. 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 then put together a team to carry out sadistic attacks. Mondays shooting was the 21st known gun crime in Salford in the past 18 months including nine since Masseys death, of which two have been formally linked to the father of fives murder. 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 convicted of possessing a handgun and ammunition without a certificate at trial. Fellows was then recalled to prison on licence by police who suspected he was involved in gangland violence. Four men have been arrested in connection with the incident and remain in custody for questioning. Preston Crown Court heard how Lydiate used a British Telecom worker on his payroll to provide him with names, addresses and ex-directory phone numbers to track down his attackers. 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. The victim survived, but fellow gang members vowed that they would extract revenge. The death of Benji Stanley, 14, who was caught in the crossfire as he queued for a takeaway in January 1993, sent shockwaves far beyond the city boundary. He said: Stephen Lydiate is a violent man. Michael Boyle, from Salford, joined the crew. Prosecutors say Mark Fellows and Steven Boyle carried out both murders, with Fellows acting as the shooter and Boyle as his "spotter". This is my tribute to my Grandad, Stephen Lydiate D.S.M. He admitted possessing ammunition without a certificate, but the bullets found were not the same as those used to kill Massey. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. They think: Im holding on to my life here. It was then council-owned sheltered housing for the elderly in a quiet street off Station Road, Pendlebury. 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. He said: "Massey was a public figure with a high profile. Greater Manchester Police said officers are becoming want to make sure Payton is 'safe and well'. Their trial, now in its fifth week, heard Mr Fellows will not give evidence in his own defence. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Trusted sources told the ECHO that the attack was not linked to the murder of Mr Kinsella. Muscleman Erdman became known to police in 2000 after he was arrested and charged over a string of gangland kidnappings. Boyle was acquitted of the Massey murder. Something went wrong, please try again later. Something went wrong, please try again later. Mr Fellows and Mr Boyle are alleged to have murdered Mr Kinsella three years after the murder of Mr Massey. Boyle 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. Salford, Lancashire, M7. Supreme Court to sit in Manchester for the first time next week, The court is usually based in central London. 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. The force would not say how Mr Lydiate had breached his conditions. He also had the barrel of a gun shoved into his mouth. Police forensic experts are examining a bullet casing removed from Christians leg in the hope it could help identify the gunmen. A significant amount of drugs was seized. He said: "I didnt have no loyalty to either side.". Whether you will be released at that point will be a matter for the Parole Board and their assessment for you at that point.". Man United beat West Ham United 3-1 in the fifth round of the FA Cup at Old Trafford on Wednesday evening. Fellows chose not to give any evidence during the 26 day trial, but on December 18, 2018 Boyle told a jury at Liverpool Crown Court he was "duped" by his pal into unwittingly being part of the Kinsella murder. They fired four shots at some lads in there, one of whom got hit in the mouth, and people scrambled under pool tables in terror. 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. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. In respect of the murder of John Kinsella the sentence on you is life imprisonment with a minimum term of 33 years. 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. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Patsy McKie, one of the bereaved parents who helped found Mothers Against Violence after her youngest son, Dorrie, was shot dead by three youths on a bike 16 years ago, is not surprised that police are encountering reticence. Police were told Mr Lydiate, who is not on trial, was involved, the jury heard. Boyle's older brother Michael had been jailed for 15 years for his role in a violent gang war in the late 1990s. 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. Significantly the police were unable to recover any weapons from the scene. He was jailed for 15 years. Horrified drinkers at the 3am lock-in rushed him to hospital, but he died later from gunshot wounds. Salford, Lancashire, M7. Luckily, no one was injured. 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. Im sitting there shaking in my shoes, not being afraid but thinking what is happening here? said McKie. Mr Greaney said police had intelligence he was involved in Massey's murder, but he had never been charged with any offence over it. Mr Stephen Lydiate ; Registered Address. 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. Mr Massey, 55, was shot dead by a man wearing . We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. 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. It began when Mr Lydiate was sprayed with bullets at The Ship pub, in Pendleton, Salford, in April that year, but survived. Police at the scene in Manchester Road, Salford, after businessman Paul Massey was shot dead at his house. Mr Greaney said: "The police had information, at the time of his death, that John Kinsella was a 'Merseyside-based career criminal'. He has been bailed until next month. Determined to find the men responsible for his shooting, he discharged himself from hospital with a bullet still lodged in his groin. He had been the subject of numerous newspaper articles dealing with his criminal activity. Join Facebook to connect with Louise Lydiate and others you may know. After he was released he decided to kill Kinsella who blamed him for Massey's murder. He was jailed for 14 years in April 1999, for stabbing a man outside a nightclub. Mourners line the streets for the funeral procession of Paul Massey in Salford. 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. 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'. Mr Kinsella, who lived nearby, had been out walking his dogs when Fellows came cycling up behind him and opened fire. He was jailed for 22 years. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric'. 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. 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. The man the gang had tried to kidnap in Monton was eventually abducted by five masked men, on May 24th just after midnight, who shot him in the leg at his home. One of those involved in the attack on Mr Lydiate - and a pall bearer at the funeral - was notorious mob fixer John. The murders arose out of gang warfare in Salford, Greater Manchester, the court has heard. 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. 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. Servite High School is pleased to announce that Mr. Stephen Walswick of the Class of 2002 has been appointed principal for the 2021-2022 school year. 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 Police chief says officers investigating shooting of seven-year-old face a struggle to break through in a community with longstanding crime families. Black Cops Beat Black Perp to Death. But the gangland hit was not a success. Alleged killer Mark Fellows decides not to give evidence but co-accused Steven Boyle takes the stand. Mr Lydiate has never been charged with any offence connected to the murder. 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. Laurence Lowry Court was the scene of a terrifying incident twenty years ago, Stephen Lydiate is the brother-in-law of the late businessman Paul Massey, who was gunned down on his doorstep in 2015. His murder, which saw him shot four times in the chest, remains unsolved and his killer at large. The community dont trust the police. 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. A gang member from Salford who helped murder John Kinsella now faces spending three decades in the prison system after his appeal was rejected. 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During his three day ordeal salt was poured into his wounds and a branch forced into them and twisted. "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. Man United beat West Ham United 3-1 in the fifth round of the FA Cup at Old Trafford on Wednesday evening. To get a behind the scenes look at how they work and the moments that don't make our stories, subscribe to our free weekly Echo Court Files newsletter, written by court reporter Neil Docking. 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. 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 white men, both aged 27, were injured. 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. Mr Lydiate was out of jail on licence at the time. 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