Paul Greaney, QC, prosecuting, told the trial of Fellows and Boyle that the victim of this shooting was linked to Carroll and it was an extension of the "tit for tat" incidents. She claimed he smirked back and mouthed: "Go and die. The young boy and his mother were left lying in a pool of their blood in the hallway after gang members used a Heckler & Koch P7 self-loading pistol. He’s part of his group, not a big player. If you live in Michigan and need the marriage record in a hurry, the best option would be to drive to the State of Michigan Vital Records Office, which is part of the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services.They can provide copies for marriages that took place as far back as 1867. There was suspicion of a gun fight between rival factions. The report reads: "A couple were in the kitchen when they heard what sounded like pebbles being thrown at the lounge window. Many reference him being a grass, and others 'hid in Spain come fight your war', 'love the A-Team', 'grass rat snitch police informer Michael Carroll coward from A-Team, come fight your war from the A-Team'.". Mark Fellows murdered Paul Massey with an Uzi submachinegun, A police intelligence document has revealed more information about the A-Team gang war, An Uzi submachine gun similar to the weapon used to murder Paul Massey, A taped off scene in Brattice Drive off Agecroft Road in Salford, where a man suffered horrific injuries to his neck and body after being slashed multiple times with a machete, Police at the scene after a grenade attack at a house in Formby Road, Salford in 2015, (Image: Sean Hansford / Manchester Evening News), Steven Boyle, 36, of Sandiway, Heywood, Rochdale, Police at the scene in Manchester Road, Salford, after Paul Massey was shot dead outside his house, Tributes left to Paul Massey outside his home where he was murdered. In February, Fellows, 38, and Carroll had visited the home of an associate called Aaron Parkin. Mr Greaney alleged that convicted armed robbers Fellows and Boyle were connected to Carroll's gang, giving them an obvious motive to murder Massey and Kinsella. Something went wrong, please try again later. A witness said the group attacked Lydate - who was interviewed by police in connection with Massey's murder but refused to co-operate and was never charged - "like a pack of wolves". One passed through his hip and a number of bullets passed through the window casing in the downstairs living room, narrowly missing his grandmother's head, as she sat watching television. The A-Team then let off a smoke grenade during a wedding ceremony in Salford. He said: "At this stage graffiti that referred to the fall out began to appear in the Salford area. The next month, a man suspected to be the A-Team member who had the drink thrown over him nearly died, when his throat was slashed in a ferocious machete attack. They were a brash and brazen organised crime group made up of lads who had all grown up together. People ran for cover as a shooter with a handgun opened fire, with the victim suffering gunshot wounds to a forearm, his abdomen and groin. The man who once stopped a gangster threatening Liverpool FC legend Steven Gerrard had CCTV cameras and an ultra-secure Rockdoor installed at his Loyola Hey, Rainhill home. Yet he was a vulnerable target when out walking his six American bulldogs every day with his pregnant partner Miss Owen, 41, who has since given birth to his second child, a baby girl. Visibly shaken by learning he will never step foot beyond a prison wall again, he briefly struggled, then shouted through the partition in the dock screen: "I didn’t shoot at Wendy Owen, she’s lying.". Everton-born "gangland enforcer" Kinsella was then shot dead in an execution-style hit by the contract killer, as the dad-of-two walked his dogs along a secluded country lane in Rainhill. PORTAGE, MI -- The deputy city manager in Portage will keep his job but face discipline after police charged him with drunken driving. During the early hours of the same day, Khan turned up at Manchester Royal Infirmary with an injury he claimed was accidental. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Fellows, 38, nicknamed ‘The Iceman’, murdered Salford mobster … "A number of people were arrested and interviewed but there was insufficient evidence to instigate a prosecution. Fellows was convicted of both killings. The prognosis was that his life was in jeopardy. A-Team graffiti was daubed on walls across the city boasting of their dominance and members were frequently photographed making 'A' signs with their fingers. The woman was a former partner of Michael Carroll. On July 13, 2015, thugs used a Stihl saw to remove the roof from a Volkswagen Golf parked outside a house on the Duchy estate in Salford - belonging to a former partner of Carroll, the mother of his child. You can unsubscribe at any time. When Carroll was 18 months old, his father was jailed in a military prison for 11 years for stabbing a couple after getting into a fight at a dance. In December 2015, a man said to be linked to The Anti A-Team was allegedly attacked in a bar in Costa del Sol, after he was spotted by three men who slashed his face. They found a loaded gun, ammunition and a weighted vest, which could have been used to sink a body. Michelle is related to Michael Willy Williams and Alexis J Butler as well as 3 additional people. "Michael Carroll is regarded by Greater Manchester Police as a leader of the opposing OCG of the A-Team. Mark Fellows went to a different school, but knocked about on Salford precinct. Lenient sentences for domestic abuse killings send a dangerous message, Collection of Pokemon cards expected to sell for £100,000, Matt Hancock's redacted pandemic contracts even hide colour of NHS gowns. "A resident spoke of a male in a grey top holding a handgun. He then received a formal warning in June. I went to school with Steven Boyle. Massey dived behind his bins for cover. It reads: "He presented with a DIY drilling accident, which was initially believed by hospital staff. Three weeks after the murder, Fellows was shot at and badly injured by criminals loyal to Massey - and his grandmother nearly died in the revenge attack. One bullet went through her and struck her son, hitting him in the thigh and leaving a bone shattered. "He was released from hospital and conveyed to Salford where he was interviewed and provided a prepared statement claiming to be nothing but a victim. Prosecutors said Fellows chose his childhood friend Boyle as his "spotter", whose role was to wait in a lay-by and alert him by encrypted phone that the kill was on when Kinsella appeared. During the early hours of the morning on March 30, there was a hand grenade attack on a family's home on the Duchy estate, where suspected members of the A-Team lived. However, the suspects were released on bail, with Britton - previously jailed for five years and four months in 2009 for killing 18-year-old Adam Jama in a hit-and-run - thought to still be in Spain. Liverpool Crown Court heard that Britton, 31, was the leader of a Salford street gang called 'The A-Team'. A man who suffered injuries refused to give an account to police. Fortunately, both survived, but the incident - and a picture of the boy in his hospital bed - shocked the country. "A man was found with a minor gunshot injury to his leg and he was taken to hospital. It is believed Carroll fled to the Middle East, before heading to Thailand, with police now of the opinion he remains overseas. He went to hospital for treatment and later discharged himself. Michael John Carroll, 18, was arrested at his Mason home on Wednesday afternoon. Thugs threatened to chop a woman's head off with an industrial saw during the gang war behind the murders of Paul Massey and John Kinsella, the ECHO can reveal. Massey was revered and protected by members of The A-Team, but that connection became a complicating factor when there was a major fall out between leading figures within their ranks. An associate of Stephen Britton was arrested at hospital on suspicion of firearms offences, and later on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. He encouraged a number of groups to work for him, selling drugs and extorting innocent people to pat money to him. As the homeowner went to open the blinds, there was a loud explosion and the window blew in, shattering glass all over. "Residents spoken to on the night saw men wearing balaclavas, one with a sawn-off shotgun. But savage violence broke out at Agecroft Cemetery. Sources claim the violent feud started in July 2014 when a gang member bought a Breitling watch, which turned out to be counterfeit. Kinsella, Britton and Khan all paid their respects at Massey's funeral on August 28, when Kinsella was a pall bearer. explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. Six members of group were sentenced at Manchester Crown Court. Passing sentence Mr Justice Popplewell said: ‘The psychological effect of the incident has also been serious and lasting. Gangsters who shot a young boy and his mother on their doorstep have been jailed for a total of 90 years and six months. The dad-of-two said he knew Britton wouldn't target him, but accepted other members of The A-Team might wrongly see his longstanding friendship with Carroll as a threat. Again, a GPS tracking device was discovered attached to a Volkswagen Scirocco found on the Salford street where the victim was wounded on March 21. The incident was attended by police patrols. Christian Hickey Jr … Any suggestion this was all an act and that Fellows accepted his hopeless position and agreed to let Boyle blame him - so his friend had a chance of walking free - has been rubbished by sources close to, proceedings. When police searched Fellows' Skoda Fabia in June 2018, they recovered a GPS jamming device from the vehicle - ideal if you wanted to stop rival gang members following your movements. In June 2017, it was reported that tentative "peace talks" had taken place in Dubai between Carroll and Khan, with gangland sources suggesting this led to a handshake. He was murdered in front of his pregnant partner Wendy Owen three years after he helped carry his close friend Massey's coffin at his funeral - which was marred by a graveside acid attack. If the gang war ever "calmed down", it was only to an extent. He had serious deep wounds to his head, neck and face. Christian Hickey Sr, once jailed for manslaughter, was good friends with Michael Carroll, who the court heard had been part of the A-Team but a deadly feud developed between him and the gang's alleged boss Stephen Britton, splitting the gang into rival camps, … At around 6.55am, on farmland near junction 7 of the M62, Fellows pulled up on a mountain bike behind the couple. But they were convicted of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm with intent and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. The report reads: "It is believed this attack was carried out by members of the A-Team.". When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Within hours, the gang appeared to have responded, when a man was shot three times as he went to collect a car from a car wash in Ashton-in-Makerfield. A-Team member Abdul Rahman Khan, known as ‘Ray', was blasted by a masked man with a sawn-off shotgun in his car in Pendleton on February 18, 2015. People who know what happened are sickened by it. There was more evidence that pointed to his involvement. He is ex-pected to be arraigned this morning in District Court in connection with Davies' death. When Massey stepped out of his silver BMW after driving home, he was met by masked Fellows in combat gear, who unleashed 18 rounds from an Uzi. Hickey Sr was a friend of the alleged gang leader Michael Carroll, who had been part of a group known as the A-Team before a deadly feud split the gang into rival camps. Mark Fellows was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Courtroom for the murders of gangland ‘Mr Large’ Paul Massey and mob enforcer John Kinsella. Jacob Harrison, 26, had admitted conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm with intent at the start of the trial for involvement in an earlier shooting of a rival by the same gang. Once the service was underway, two males ran to the church and threw a smoking object at the door. It was then followed by three attacks on the A-Team.". Get your need-to-know The ECHO exclusively revealed strong links between Massey and Kinsella after the latter's murder, and covered every day of the trial of Fellows and his "spotter" Steven Boyle. Speaking after the hearing, Supt Howard Millington, of Salford … ‘In short, Christian has been robbed of a normal childhood. Boyle denied he left Salford because of anger over Massey's murder and said he was "surprised" that he had received an anonymous threat to life warning from police in November 2015. Michigan and Ohio aren't the only places people are planning to watch the Big Game. Massey's brother-in-law Stephen Lydiate, a veteran gangster with a history of conspiring to kidnap, torture and murder, was the victim of a graveside acid attack. It is believed that Lydiate was attacked by the A-Team.". The violence reached a new low on October 12, 2015, when a seven-year-old boy, related to an associate of Carroll, was shot at his home in Salford. The cartridges were from a 12 bore shotgun. He was taken to hospital, where it was found the bullet passed through his pelvis, missing a colostomy bag the health and fitness fanatic had worn since he was a child. Michael Carroll and Stephen Britton have not been charged with any offences and both are believed to be currently out of the country. He would know. Intelligence suggested that the A-Team was arranging for associates to go out to Spain to look for and kill Michael Carroll.". 'Why?'". "This attack is believed to have been committed by members of the A-Team. Detectives believe the dispute blew up into something far more sinister when a woman threw a drink over an A-Team boss at a Manchester nightclub. In April, rumours circulated that Massey had been asked by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) to step in and "mediate" to stop the escalating violence. Carroll had a blood-alcohol level of over 0.17 percent, court records show. He provided no explanation as to why he had been shot. Eight other men from the Salford and Bury areas received similar sentences. Coward and Walton were each jailed for two years and Lincoln Warmington for two years and three months, beginning after they have finished earlier terms for separate knife attacks in Manchester nightclubs. Before he passed away, having been shot five times in total, Massey somehow managed to call an ambulance and ring his friends Lee Taberer and Thomas Jeffrey. Throughout the trial, Fellows showed little emotion, save for the day he made chilling gestures - drawing a pen across his throat - when Boyle launched his failed "cut-throat ambush defence". "The situation is that friends of Paul are prepared to engage and look for the individuals responsible for it and deal with it ­accordingly. And the report exposes how "The Iceman" assassin Mark Fellows' own nan was nearly killed when rival gangsters targeted him, weeks after he machine-gunned 'Mr Big' Massey to death. Boyle accepted growing up with Carroll and Britton in Salford, but denied telling a "barefaced lie" to police in 2015 that he was "not really" in contact with Carroll. A year before Massey's death, a splinter faction known as "The Anti A-Team" or "Double A Team", said to be headed by Michael Carroll, 37, began to challenge Britton's crew. After July 2015 murder of Massey, 55 – a ‘mentor’ to Britton – the A-Team took revenge. Inside the explosive gang war which led to double murder, Get the inside track on the big stories from Liverpool Crown Court with our weekly newsletter. Police had in fact been contacted by Britton, who said he was aware Boyle and his family had been moved out of Salford by the police, but he personally had no problem with Boyle. "He was taken to hospital with serious head injuries. Eventually, Kinsella fell victim to the conflict. A month later, a gunman wearing a boiler suit used a machine gun to fire into a house in the same street, where a mum and two children aged seven and 12-months-old slept. A shotgun was fired through the window of a Mercedes C class car. Whatever the truth surrounding Boyle's affiliation with The A-Team, whether it was direct or through his longtime partner in crime Fellows, he was cleared of any part in Massey's murder by the jury. On July 26, 2015, he met Britton, Khan, and their families at the Chill Factore indoor ski slope in Trafford. Fellows meanwhile had received an informal warning from police, based on intelligence about a threat to his life, in March. She replied: ‘One sec,’ and went to close the door but a second man appeared from behind her husband’s van and opened fire. For more stories like this, check our news page. This attack is believed to have been committed by members of the A-Team.". Thomasson was jailed for 23 years, Hall for 14 years and six months, and Warmington for 20 years. Then in April that year, Carroll and Boyle, 36, visited his address together. A source said: "He was approached by three other men who ordered him on to the ground and then cut his face. Police are looking for Jonathan Carroll (18/07/77) who was released from prison in June 2019 after being jailed in 2017 for malicious wounding. Khan wasn't to know there was a tracking device on his Mercedes - seemingly placed there by members of the Anti A-Team to track him and passengers. It reads: "The suspected catalyst for this series of attacks was a dispute commencing around July 2014. They were all convicted after an eight-week trial ending last month. This week Fellows was given a whole life sentence, while Boyle was given life and must serve a minimum of 33 years. Carroll is known to have links to the Salford area. In June 2016, a suspected A-Team member was stabbed more than 20 times in Pendleton, but survived. But the supposed armistice, brokered through a contact in Manchester, was said to have infuriated other members of The A-Team, who had been kept in the dark. This was intended as a warning.". Carroll, who previously was said to have decamped from Salford to the Wigan area with associates, is believed to have fled to Spain following Massey's murder. 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