Several police appeals for information have been met by a wall of silence from Salford residents fearing reprisals if they talk. Boyle is thought to have been punched in the face although no weapons were involved. They can see that happening to them, she said. 'We are not going to stop' - Mikel Arteta sends Man City title message after Arsenal win, Manchester City now trail Arsenal by five points in the Premier League table after the Gunners beat Everton 4-0 on Wednesday night, Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp learns Real Madrid lesson ahead of Manchester United clash, Liverpool beat Wolves in the Premier League on Wednesday and face Man United this weekend, West Ham manager David Moyes delivers bullish verdict on FA Cup defeat to Manchester United. On May 19th, just after 9am, two men tried to get into the home of a man in Monton, Eccles. Ch Supt Mary Doyle said disrupting violence in the Moss Side area of Manchester nearby had been easier because there were no longstanding crime families in the area, meaning officers had the support of parents. Was the Fight for Irish Independence Pointless. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. 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. During the first section of his evidence, Boyle denied being part of any gang or having problems with either Britton or Carroll. Throughout the internecine strife, the rivalry between the white crime firms of Salford, interested in protection, and the street gangs of Manchester, who run drugs, has been an occasional theme. 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. 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. 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. You are no less culpable for the death of John Kinsella than Mark Fellows. At Manchester Crown Court, Judge Peter Openshaw QC, said of the mayhem: "In a city where shootings have become common, this is a case set apart by its savagery and brutality.". Lee Erdman, 37, once stood trial for conspiracy to murder. Mr Lydiate has never been charged with any offence connected to the murder. He had survived previous attempts on his life including with a machine gun.". He said: Stephen Lydiate is a violent man. 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. He heard the gun click several times and it was placed in his mouth. 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. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. They were to spend a week holed up in the sheltered accommodation. However, you will find some great articles which you can comment on right now in our Comment section. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Fellows was then recalled to prison on licence by police who suspected he was involved in gangland violence. 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. He left behind a Baikal loaded handgun, equipped with a silencer, and 82 rounds in a bag. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric'. 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. He said police had information that he had criminal connections in Holland; was still criminally active; had significant debts in connection with crime; was involved in an acid attack on Stephen Lydiate at Massey's funeral; and had a separate mobile phone dedicated for criminal use. 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. Join Facebook to connect with Louise Lydiate and others you may know. Stephen M. Kubaska III M.D., FACS is a Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon who primarily practices at Anaheim Regional Medical Center in Anaheim, CA with a second practice location at St. Jude Hospital in Fullerton. Mourners line the streets for the funeral procession of Paul Massey in Salford. You have to put yourself in their situation.. Police investigating the attack arrested a 27-year-old man in connection with the assault on suspicion of section 18 assault. He said: "I didnt have no loyalty to either side.". We had a similar but in other ways completely different picture in Moss Side years ago. He was taken to an address and a pillow case put over his head. Trusted sources told the ECHO that the attack was not linked to the murder of Mr Kinsella. But by Friday police appeared no closer to catching those responsible. Days after the high profile murder Fellows was shot by gangsters loyal to Massey in a suspected reprisal attack. Stephen Lydiate, who was assaulted at the graveside of Paul Massey. Five days on, the motive for the sickening and cowardly attack remains unclear and the gunmen at large. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. According to one eye witness account, retaliation was almost instant with gunfire exchanged across the floor of the pub. Something went wrong, please try again later. 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. 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. This is my tribute to my Grandad, Stephen Lydiate D.S.M. During the same search, officers found a sock under floorboards in an airing cupboard containing 17 live rounds of 9mm parabellum ammunition. Salford, Lancashire, M7. People are scared. Sources on the Ordsall estate said the streets of Salford had been flooded with heroin and crack cocaine since Masseys murder. Paul Greaney, QC, today closed the prosecution case by outlining the convictions of the four key figures in the trial at Liverpool Crown Court. This gang war culminated in a fatal machine gun attack on underworld figure Paul Massey, who had been associated with the A Team gang. He was tortured and forced to call a relative and ask for 50,000 for his safe release. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. At one point during the terror campaign some of the Lydiate gang hid out at an old people's home in Salford. "Stephen Lydiate arranged the kidnap and torture of several individuals in a plan to murder the person he believed had shot him.". Significantly the police were unable to recover any weapons from the scene. Mr Massey, 55, was shot dead by a man wearing . Chief Superintendent Kevin Mulligan, of Greater Manchester Police said: I want to ask anyone who was there to come forward.. 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. He denies all three allegations, Left, a photo from 2008 of John Kinsella. We have found 12 people in the UK with the name Stephen Lydiate. Boyle was moved to HMP Belmarsh after the incident at Wakefield. 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 of Vestrie Drive in Salford, was found guilty of conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to kidnap. Prosecutors say Mark Fellows and Steven Boyle carried out both murders, with Fellows acting as the shooter and Boyle as his "spotter". A gang member from Salford who helped murder John Kinsella now faces spending three decades in the prison system after his appeal was rejected. We had the mothers against violence and they were instrumental in helping us resolve those issues in that community, we havent got that here. In 2000 he was found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder, and conspiracy to kidnap, but has now been recalled to prison. 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. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. This was a terrifying ordeal for those in the pub when shots were fired. 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. Louise Lydiate, Massey's partner of 30. 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. 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. On Saturday night he was drinking in the Wellington bar in Salford, when a gunman sneaked in and was seen approaching him. Lydiate, licence, prison under CAPTION (S): Paul Massey, who was shot dead He jumped from a window and hid in a skip where he was found by workmen. People are going to see that and be afraid to talk. There was blood everywhere and the place looked like an abattoir. 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. Since Mondays shooting, police have warned a number of Salford gangland figures that their lives are in danger. Stephen Lydiate, 49, was battered with a heavy wooden beam and had a chemical poured in his face, during the attack in Agecroft cemetery. The next day Lydiate booked three rooms at the Campanile Hotel in Ordsall, Salford, to establish a base for the gang's operations. 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. Lee Erdman, 37, once stood trial for conspiracy to murder. He was jailed for 22 years. At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. 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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. READ MORE:Spotter who helped gangland assassin 'The Iceman' has bid for freedom rejected. Young children, previously thought off-limits, were now the subject of bespoke safeguarding plans for fear they may be targeted, Doyle said. Which is why were appealing to the women of Salford saying, actually, you lot have got to stand up and help us here. 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 jailed for 15 years. The two dead men, both in their twenties, died where they fell, 20 yards apart on the grass. Christian Hickey in his hospital bed after gunmen shot him and his mother at their home. Supreme Court to sit in Manchester for the first time next week, The court is usually based in central London. Preston Crown Court was told that Stephen Lydiate and his associates began a spree of "extreme terror and violence" after he had been shot in a Salford pub. Then it all kicked off in the pub and someone in the pub shot back at the gunmen. Police would later find an cache of weaponry including two shotguns, a self loading pistol, and ammunition hidden in a loft above the communal living room. AboutPressCopyrightContact. Mr Boyle and Mr Fellows were part of a rival gang led by a man called Michael Carroll, it is alleged. An unidentified passenger fled and ditched a wig and glasses, before escaping. Sixteen years after that sentencing, after being released on licence, Stephen Lydiate was recalled to prison after he was attacked at the graveside of Paul Massey. Mr Massey was murdered on. Mr Greaney said Kinsella assaulted a police officer in 1987 and was jailed for nine years for attempted robbery with a firearm in 1991. Alison J Lydiate. 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Boyle took and Fellows was carried in vehicles taken without consent and they later tried to escape from custody at court, but were detained. 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. Police chief says officers investigating shooting of seven-year-old face a struggle to break through in a community with longstanding crime families. 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. 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. Mr Greaney said police had intelligence he was involved in Massey's murder, but he had never been charged with any offence over it. He refused to cooperate with the police in their investigation. Lydiate and some of his associates even wore wigs and dresses when tried to appear to be old ladies. 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. Lydiate, who was later released from prison on licence, was attacked by members of the A Team gang on the day of Massey's funeral, who beat him with wooden staves. 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. In 2011 he and a man called Andrew Johansson stole 1,000 of cigarettes from an unattended petrol station in Cornwall, using a car with false plates. No one has yet been arrested in connection with the murder of Mr Massey although police have executed search warrants at several addresses. Horrified drinkers at the 3am lock-in rushed him to hospital, but he died later from gunshot wounds. 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