None of the people on the estate we spoke to wanted to be named. 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. Boyle took and Fellows was carried in vehicles taken without consent and they later tried to escape from custody at court, but were detained. 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. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. One of those involved in the attack on Mr Lydiate - and a pall bearer at the funeral - was notorious mob fixer John. 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. Lee Erdman, 37, once stood trial for conspiracy to murder and firearms offences alongside Stephen Lydiate, 44. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Mr Lydiate has never been charged with any offence connected to the murder. He has been bailed until next month. They included Michael Boyle - the elder brother of Steven Boyle, who, 20 years later, would be jailed for his part in the assassination of John Kinsella, a close associate of Paul Massey. Police chief says officers investigating shooting of seven-year-old face a struggle to break through in a community with longstanding crime families. Web. 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Paul Massey, 55, was shot dead outside his Salford home, allegedly by Mark Fellows, 38, with the help of co-accused Steven Boyle, 35. Muscleman Erdman became known to police in 2000 after he was arrested and charged over a string of gangland kidnappings. 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. 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. People are scared. 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. 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. Gangsters Thirst for Revenge Blamed for Deadly Pub Shootout, < White Man Wins Payout Over Police Job Race Bias, Bread and Circuses for a Disunited America. He was tortured and forced to call a relative and ask for 50,000 for his safe release. GMP said: A 49-year-old man from Salford has been recalled to prison for breaching his licence conditions.. Kinsella was jailed for 10 years for robbery in 2008, after he had fled the UK and was extradited from the Netherlands. In 2000 he was found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder, and conspiracy to kidnap, but has now been recalled to prison. Officers are linking the tit-for-tat shooting to a feud sparked by a recent incident in Manchester city centre when one gang member believed himself to have lost face in an apparently inconsequential confrontation. Once you're there, put your email address where it says at the top, then click on the Echo Court Files button. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Christian Hickey in his hospital bed after gunmen shot him and his mother at their home. See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, order back issues and use the historic Daily Express newspaper archive. One of those involved in the attack on Mr Lydiate - and a pall bearer at the funeral - was notorious mob fixer John. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Web. He denies all three allegations, Left, a photo from 2008 of John Kinsella. He was in the King's Own and fought his war in the Dardanelles and Baghdad where he won his D.S.M. He had survived previous attempts on his life including with a machine gun.". Five days on, the motive for the sickening and cowardly attack remains unclear and the gunmen at large. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Century Foundation. 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. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. 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. The repercussions of Masseys killing began on the day of his funeral. Michael Boyle (left) and Stephen Lydiate (right) were at the centre of a bizarre and brutal case. 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. 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. 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.. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. Nick Johnson, QC, defending Fellows, then confirmed he would not be calling any evidence on behalf of his client, before Boyle took the stand. On May 19th, just after 9am, two men tried to get into the home of a man in Monton, Eccles. 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. 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. The criminal background of "gangland enforcer" John Kinsella, "Mr Big" Paul Massey and their murder accused was revealed in court. Join Facebook to connect with Louise Lydiate and others you may know. 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 was issued with numerous 'threat to life warnings' by police, ran security companies controlling nightclubs and was being investigated for money laundering. 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. Lydiate then. Michael Boyle, then of Winton Road in Salford, was convicted of conspiracy to murder, conspiracy to kidnap, false imprisonment, wounding and two firearms offences. 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. 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. It began when Mr Lydiate was sprayed with bullets at The Ship pub, in Pendleton, Salford, in April that year, but survived. Greater Manchester Police said officers are becoming want to make sure Payton is 'safe and well'. . . 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There he was pistol-whipped and forced to give up the address of his brother-in-law, before being released. 41.10: Development of building projects (UK SIC Classification 2007) 41.10: Development of building projects (European Community NACE Rev 2) 4100: Construction of buildings (UN ISIC Rev 4) Inactive Directors / Officers. Mr Greaney said: "It was insulting about Cazza - Carroll - calling him a faggot and coward and so on.". The incident was yet another in the string of tit-for-tat violence that has frightened many Salford families into silence. 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". 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. Mourners line the streets for the funeral procession of Paul Massey in Salford. How can someone do that to another person? But the gangland hit was not a success. Don't miss a thing! POLICE investigating the shooting of Salford 'Mr Big' Paul Massey uncovered 112 names of people said to be responsible for his murder, his murder trial heard. 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. Boyle was moved to HMP Belmarsh after the incident at Wakefield. Stephen Lydiate, who was assaulted at the graveside of Paul Massey. People are going to see that and be afraid to talk. He managed to fight the gang off. Manchester gangs have been more involved in providing protection, and have been more organised. 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'. 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During the same search, officers found a sock under floorboards in an airing cupboard containing 17 live rounds of 9mm parabellum ammunition. Mr Lydiate, described as "violent man", was also battered and attacked with acid at the funeral of Mr Massey, the court heard. Steven Boyle was also jailed for life. The lad who was shot was in a bad way.. The event that sowed the seeds for all this occurred on April 24, 1999, when Stephen Lydiate, the brother-in-law of Salford hardman Paul Massey , was peppered with bullets by a would-be assassin as he watched Manchester United play Leeds away, live on TV at The Ship pub in Pendleton. First Servite alumnus principal will take the helm for 2021-2022 school year. A man who was viciously assaulted at the graveside during the funeral of Salford Mr Big Paul Massey has been recalled to prison. An increasingly violent series of incidents thought to be linked to the murder has plagued Salford since then. Orange County Superior Court Judge Patrick H. Donahue sentenced Gordon to death for the abduction and murder of four women who had been working as prostitutes in Santa Ana and Anaheim in 2013 and . Four accomplices were jailed for a total of 41 years after being found guilty of charges including plotting murder, blackmail, plotting false imprison- ment and conspiracy to kidnap. Horrified drinkers at the 3am lock-in rushed him to hospital, but he died later from gunshot wounds. This was a terrifying ordeal for those in the pub when shots were fired. At 11am that day another man was abducted from a house in Salford. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. 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. Supreme Court to sit in Manchester for the first time next week, The court is usually based in central London. Days after the high profile murder Fellows was shot by gangsters loyal to Massey in a suspected reprisal attack. It's free, easy and takes no time at all. 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. A gang member from Salford who helped murder John Kinsella now faces spending three decades in the prison system after his appeal was rejected. STEPHEN LYDIATE . Lydiate was given a life sentence after being found guilty of conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to kidnap. 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. Manchester earned its unwanted Gunchester soubriquet more than a decade ago when several, predominantly black, gangs vied for supremacy. 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. 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. Police were told Mr Lydiate, who is not on trial, was involved, the jury heard. He may be in jail but he has still got some cronies on the outside.. The information was then used by Lydiate, who ran a series of criminal enterprises in the Salford area, to employ a hand-picked gang armed with sub-machine guns to torture "suspects" for information. Man United beat West Ham United in the FA Cup fifth round and here are how the players rated at Old Trafford. Mr Massey was murdered on. 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