Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Nick Johnson, QC, defending Fellows, then confirmed he would not be calling any evidence on behalf of his client, before Boyle took the stand. Join Facebook to connect with Louise Lydiate and others you may know. DeSantis won't say he's running. 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. Boyle had 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. They were armed with an arsenal of guns - but forced to flee after a gun was accidentally fired at the property. You have to put yourself in their situation.. The prosecutor said: "He was released from prison but subject to a life sentence licence at the time of the murder of Paul Massey.". 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. Christian Hickey in his hospital bed after gunmen shot him and his mother at their home. This gang war culminated in a fatal machine gun attack on underworld figure Paul Massey, who had been associated with the A Team gang. One of those involved in the attack on Mr Lydiate - and a pall bearer at the funeral - was notorious mob fixer John Kinsella, 53, from Liverpool, the jury was told. The two men, wearing beanie hats, walked into the pub and then pulled the woollen rims over their faces to reveal home-made balaclavas. Mr Lydiate has never been charged with any offence connected to the murder. 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. Massey's partner Louise Lydiate is the sister of Stephen Lydiate, who was interviewed as a "person of interest" after the murder in July 2015. Manchester earned its unwanted Gunchester soubriquet more than a decade ago when several, predominantly black, gangs vied for supremacy. The trial judge, Mr Justice William Davis, told Boyle that he would spend decades in prison for the murder of Mr Kinsella. 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. 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. The other was hit in the face as he turned to see what had happened to his accomplice. Mr Greaney said police had intelligence he was involved. 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 then put together a team to carry out sadistic attacks. 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. "Mr Big" Paul Massey (left) and John Kinsella were both fatally shot. He considered Paul Massey his mentor,. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Five days on, the motive for the sickening and cowardly attack remains unclear and the gunmen at large. By the time Boyle was arrested in relation to the murders of Massey and Kinsella he was already well known to the police. Other occupants . "He was regarded by the authorities as a gangland enforcer who had been involved with firearms. Mr Kinsella, who lived nearby, had been out walking his dogs when Fellows came cycling up behind him and opened fire. Boyles fingerprints were on the bag and his DNA was on the working firearm. In the twenty years that have passed, the property has passed to new management and is no longer run by Salford council. Mr Massey was murdered on July 26th 2015 by hired hitman Mark Fellows with an Uzi machine gun outside his home in Clifton. 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). Trusted sources told the ECHO that the attack was not linked to the murder of Mr Kinsella. Mr Greaney said Massey was seen as a "mentor" to Britton, who along with other A Team associates attended his funeral, when Kinsella was a pallbearer. Read about our approach to external linking. He was a close friend of Stephen Lydiate, now serving 22 years for a vicious torture and turf war. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Michael Boyle (left) and Stephen Lydiate (right) were at the centre of a bizarre and brutal case. Young children, previously thought off-limits, were now the subject of bespoke safeguarding plans for fear they may be targeted, Doyle said. Mr Lydiate has never been charged with any offence connected to the murder. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. The terrified victim was shown a shallow grave which his captors said they had dug for him. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. 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. Three years later, his close friend John Kinsella, 53, was executed while walking his dogs with his pregnant partner Wendy Owen in Rainhill. 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. 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. "He had said publicly that he had known for years that he could be shot dead at any time. A relative carried 10,500 to a rendezvous with a gang member. In respect of the murder of John Kinsella the sentence on you is life imprisonment with a minimum term of 33 years. Louise Lydiate, Massey's partner of 30. 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On Saturday night he was drinking in the Wellington bar in Salford, when a gunman sneaked in and was seen approaching him. Mr Greaney said police had intelligence he was involved in Massey's murder, but he had never been charged with any offence over it. 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. What's he waiting for? Don't miss a thing! He said Lydiate - the brother of Massey's partner Louise - had been interviewed by police about Massey's murder, but refused to co-operate. They tell them something and then see it on the news or somewhere. Determined to find the men responsible for his shooting, he discharged himself from hospital with a bullet still lodged in his groin. Two white men, both aged 27, were injured. Greater Manchester Police said officers are becoming want to make sure Payton is 'safe and well'. Salford, Lancashire, M7. Police had 'intelligence' Stephen Lydiate was involved in the murder even though he had never been charged, it was said. 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As always you can unsubscribe at any time. The men were forced to move on from Lawrence Lowry Court after after one of their guns accidentally went off, upsetting the residents. Boyle was acquitted of the Massey murder. 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. Man United beat West Ham United 3-1 in the fifth round of the FA Cup at Old Trafford on Wednesday evening. 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. At 11am that day another man was abducted from a house in Salford. Lydiate was given a life sentence after being found guilty of conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to kidnap. He said: Stephen Lydiate is a violent man. Do We Riot or Not? Steven Boyle was also jailed for life. Michael Boyle, from Salford, joined the crew. He was convicted of possessing a handgun and ammunition without a certificate at trial. 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. A significant amount of drugs was seized. They shot him once in both legs and also took him to Hickey Farm. Mr Greaney said Kinsella assaulted a police officer in 1987 and was jailed for nine years for attempted robbery with a firearm in 1991. 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'. Children enjoying a Sunday afternoon kickabout scattered as shots rang out. 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'. Luckily, no one was injured. 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. 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. Several police appeals for information have been met by a wall of silence from Salford residents fearing reprisals if they talk. Police chief says officers investigating shooting of seven-year-old face a struggle to break through in a community with longstanding crime families. Stephen Lydiate, 49, was battered with a heavy wooden beam and had a chemical poured in his face, during the attack in Agecroft cemetery. At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. During the first section of his evidence, Boyle denied being part of any gang or having problems with either Britton or Carroll. Michael Boyle, then of Winton Road in Salford, was convicted of conspiracy to murder, conspiracy to kidnap, false imprisonment, wounding and two firearms offences. The meeting was watched by officers from the National Crime Squad, but he returned without the money or the hostage. Then it all kicked off in the pub and someone in the pub shot back at the gunmen. 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 product of Catholic education from elementary to graduate school, Mr. Walswick strives to support and serve the . Mr Lydiate, described as "violent man", was also battered and attacked with acid at the funeral of Mr Massey, the court heard. 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