Lee Erdman, 37, once stood trial for conspiracy to murder. Don't miss a thing! Lydiate was later convicted, but Erdman walked free. The other was hit in the face as he turned to see what had happened to his accomplice. 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. 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. Detective Superintendent Andy Tattersall, from the major incident team, appealed for witnesses. 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After opening fire on two men inside the Brass Handles public house on the corner of Edgehill Close and Fitzwarren Street they were chased by other customers and shot dead before they could reach their getaway car. 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. Salford, Lancashire, M7. 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. The meeting was watched by officers from the National Crime Squad, but he returned without the money or the hostage. Lydiate was given a life sentence after being found guilty of conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to kidnap. "He was regarded by the authorities as a gangland enforcer who had been involved with firearms. He was jailed for 15 years. Mr Greaney said "well-known" Massey was jailed for 14 years for wounding with intent in 1999, later reduced to 10 years on appeal, and "had many enemies". He said: "I didnt have no loyalty to either side.". We have found 12 people in the UK with the name Stephen Lydiate. At 11am that day another man was abducted from a house in Salford. 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. 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. 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. 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He was shot in both legs before a tree branch and salt were pushed into the wounds to make him reveal the identity of the assassin. Mr Boyle and Mr Fellows were part of a rival gang led by a man called Michael Carroll, it is alleged. Muscleman Erdman became known to police in 2000 after he was arrested and charged over a string of gangland kidnappings. He was taken to hospital but his injuries were not. 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. 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 witness said: A car with five men in it pulled up outside the pub, which was full of parents and kids watching the match, and two men with balaclavas charged in. He had been the subject of numerous newspaper articles dealing with his criminal activity. He admitted possessing ammunition without a certificate, but the bullets found were not the same as those used to kill Massey. 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. 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. 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. 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