Michael Carroll, 57, was arrested Aug. 27 on suspicion he was operating a vehicle while intoxicated. 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". Christian Hickey Sr – once jailed for manslaughter – was 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. "Michael Carroll is regarded by Greater Manchester Police as a leader of the opposing OCG of the A-Team. As they arrived, Stephen Britton was seen to look out from a window in the block. The report reads: "It is believed this attack was carried out by members of the A-Team.". He even tried to get himself elected as Mayor of Salford a few years after being released from a high security prison, after being sentenced to 14 years for stabbing an innocent person. ", Another family member said: "I grew up with both of them. Something went wrong, please try again later. Mr Justice William Davis remarked that he was not known to have any personal animosity for Massey, but was driven by money. It now appeared gang members were prepared to target women and children. 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. This week Fellows was given a whole life sentence, while Boyle was given life and must serve a minimum of 33 years. 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. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), announced today the unsealing of an Indictment in Manhattan federal court charging MICHAEL CARROLL and MICHAEL … She claimed he smirked back and mouthed: "Go and die. The police were called. He would know. 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. After his release from jail in the mid-2000s for a brutal stabbing, he decided to take a young Salford criminal under his wing, and became a "mentor" to Stephen Britton. 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. Thomasson was jailed for 23 years, Hall for 14 years and six months, and Warmington for 20 years. 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. 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. A £5,000-a-week drug dealer, Thomasson, knocked on the Hickeys’ door to ‘flush out’ Christian Hickey senior, the intended target. The cartridges were from a 12 bore shotgun. Fellows was hit with a whole life sentence for the double murder, which means he will never be released and die in jail. "This appeared to be a smoke grenade and was clearly an act of intimidation. 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. 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. The report reads: "A couple were in the kitchen when they heard what sounded like pebbles being thrown at the lounge window. "Residents spoken to on the night saw men wearing balaclavas, one with a sawn-off shotgun. There the cocky patient agreed with an officer that he'd had a narrow escape and it was "very close", joking, unprompted: "It could have been like Paul [Massey].". After the burial, guests started to leave. Described by a witness as looking like Phil and Grant Mitchell from EastEnders, they tried to save him, before a tearful Kinsella arrived and consoled Massey's partner, Louise Lydiate. 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. When challenged over their respective gang affiliations, Boyle - who "grassed" on his co-accused saying he duped him into being handed a gun after the Kinsella murder - agreed it was "more than likely" Fellows was part of Carroll's Anti A-Team gang, because of him being shot in 2015. "Residents and visitors to addresses there reported hearing voices, and to seeing at least two males in balaclavas wielding machetes chasing another male on foot. Mark Fellows went to a different school, but knocked about on Salford precinct. "On September 18, 2015 a relative of Lydiate was married at St Paul the Apostle church in Pendleton. An associate of Stephen Britton was arrested at hospital on suspicion of firearms offences, and later on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. It is believed that Lydiate was attacked by the A-Team.". It reads: "The suspected catalyst for this series of attacks was a dispute commencing around July 2014. Then in April that year, Carroll and Boyle, 36, visited his address together. Eventually, Kinsella fell victim to the conflict. Carroll is known to have links to the Salford area. The attack is believed to have been committed by members of the A-Team. The man getting married was a relative of Lydiate. At around 6.15pm on August 12, 2015, the hitman was cycling to his house in Normanton Avenue in Salford, when shots were fired from a passing black Honda Civic. 'Iceman' Mark Fellows handed another life sentence for gangland attack before he murdered 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 at the scene of Massey's shooting in July 2015 Mandy Burgess's numbers came up the day after her nephew Kiaran Stapleton, was jailed for life for shooting dead Anuj Bidve in Salford, Greater Manchester. However, the situation had got out of control - and there was nothing he could do. Christian Hickey Jr, 7, and his mother, Jayne, 30, were shot in the legs with a pistol as they answered the door to their home in Salford, Greater Manchester, in October 2015. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. He encouraged a number of groups to work for him, selling drugs and extorting innocent people to pat money to him. "A resident spoke of a male in a grey top holding a handgun. 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. A source said: "He was approached by three other men who ordered him on to the ground and then cut his face. He is now wanted on recall to prison after breaching the conditions of his license. As she looked out, she was spotted by the attackers who then threatened to cut her head off. It reads: "He presented with a DIY drilling accident, which was initially believed by hospital staff. 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. They launched the attack in revenge for the ‘execution’ of Salford’s well-known ‘Mr Big’ Paul Massey three months earlier. 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. He died just metres from his front door, but the security boss was resilient. 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. "This was followed by a fight on the afternoon of July 21, 2014 at a local cafe in Irlams o' th' Height. Once the service was underway, two males ran to the church and threw a smoking object at the door. 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. 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. State of Michigan Vital Records Office. The gunman in both shootings has still not been identified. He was sprayed in the face and hit with poles used to lower the coffin. That didn't sit well with "The Iceman", who, after 26 days of silence, finally decided to address the courtroom. The prognosis was that his life was in jeopardy. Passing sentence Mr Justice Popplewell said: ‘The psychological effect of the incident has also been serious and lasting. There are few judges who have.". Ferris said "that wouldn’t end it, he would still have to survive prison" and added: "The only thing that can bring it to an end is when street justice is dished out to those involved.". The particulars of the charges which were read out in court by prosecutor Rebecca Macaulay-Addison allege that the pair conspired with Michael Carroll, Jamie Rothwell and Liam Gee between July 20, 2014, and October 31, 2015, to commit the alleged offences in Salford. Michigan-Ohio State is going global, writes Chris Fowler. A police document, leaked to the ECHO, reveals masked men warned a young mum she would be decapitated with a petrol-powered tool normally used for cutting through concrete. The report reads: "In October and November 2015 there have been around 45 incidents of graffiti, the vast majority of which refer to Michael Carroll, either by his nickname of Cazza or full name. He said: "At this stage graffiti that referred to the fall out began to appear in the Salford area. 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. The High Court judge said: "The only sensible conclusion is that you were a gun for hire, prepared to kill whoever you were asked to kill by those who hired you. A man who suffered injuries refused to give an account to police. "A man was found with a minor gunshot injury to his leg and he was taken to hospital. 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. Their undoing has to do with events in the city of Salford, where serious violence broke out between two criminal gangs in 2015.'' One witness saw the chased male being hit with a machete and the witness thought his ear had been chopped off.". The report says: "Numerous residents reported hearing gunshots shortly after midnight. 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. The murders arose out of gang warfare in Salford, Greater Manchester, the court has heard. Michael John Carroll, 18, was arrested at his Mason home on Wednesday afternoon. ‘There is no hyperbole in Jayne Hickey’s statement that their lives were torn apart and will never be the same again.’. 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. A shotgun was fired through the window of a Mercedes C class car. Fellows is regarded by GMP as a member of the opposing OCG.". They have also lived in Holt, MI and Lansing, MI plus 2 other locations. His mum answered the door and was shot above the knee in both legs. Michael Carroll and Stephen Britton have not been charged with any offences and both are believed to be currently out of the country. 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'.". The Hickeys were expecting their daughter to return home from a swimming lesson when Mrs Hickey answered the door to find Thomasson asking: ‘Is your husband in?’. Further intelligence reports were received to say there had been an exchange of gunfire between the factions.". 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.". 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. Carroll had a blood-alcohol level of over 0.17 percent, court records show. The calm killer - who stood chatting with paramedics while applying pressure to a wound to his hip - said the gunshot sounded like a 9mm gun. The report said that the victim was regarded by GMP as a member of the Anti A-Team faction. Select this result to view Michelle Denise Butler's phone number, address, and more. Manchester Magistrates' Court (Image: Daily Mirror). The woman was a former partner of Michael Carroll. § 515 for the Southern District of New York, and Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Kinsella, Britton and Khan all paid their respects at Massey's funeral on August 28, when Kinsella was a pall bearer. However, the Massey family told the ECHO when the verdicts were returned they nonetheless felt betrayed by both men in the dock. After his release from jail in the mid-2000s for a brutal stabbing, he decided to take a young Salford criminal under his wing, and became a "mentor" to Stephen Britton. "The hand grenade attack is regarded as another attack on the A-Team.". 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. 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. Prosecutors said he chose not to give evidence and did not offer any meaningful defence because he knew if he entered the witness box, he would be "exposed as the killer". But they were convicted of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm with intent and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Harrison, who drove the getaway car for the shooting, was jailed for 14 years. He was jailed for 80 months. He denied that and so did GMP, but family and friends have since confirmed Massey - of his own accord - was trying to make peace between the two factions. The hitman did have one hollow victory. Christian suffers recurring nightmares. This attack is believed to have been committed by members of the A-Team.". Fellows and Boyle were members of the rival gang, dubbed the 'anti A-team' by detectives and led by Michael Carroll. Spanish police, assisted by detectives from Manchester, arrested six people - Britton and two other suspected A-Team members - during a swoop in Marbella on February 16, 2016. During the early hours of the same day, Khan turned up at Manchester Royal Infirmary with an injury he claimed was accidental. His left foot and two of the fingers on his right hand were nearly severed by bullets. I look at them and think: 'How?' The report reads: "Five shots were fired at him. When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. 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. Fortunately, both survived, but the incident - and a picture of the boy in his hospital bed - shocked the country. His parents separated when he was seven years old; his father died from a heart attack when Carroll was 10. Carroll was exploited by his friends, family and media. I went to school with Steven Boyle. Police suspect he wore a Garmin GPS watch when lying in his hospital bed, which, when seized in 2018, revealed a "reconnaissance mission" near Massey's home. Intelligence was received that an incident occurred where a woman threw a drink over a man and as a result a drink was thrown over her. He was also gunned down on his doorstep with an Uzi machine gun by breakaway gang members. She replied: ‘One sec,’ and went to close the door but a second man appeared from behind her husband’s van and opened fire. The report states: "After the service, a burial was held in the cemetery by a large gathering of mourners. "This attack is believed to have been committed by members of the A-Team. This was intended as a warning.". ", He added: "I have never had to deal with a contract killer of your kind before. 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. 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. Salford 'A-Team' gang members were sentenced today over the botched revenge attack. They were shown a picture of crude slogans goading Carroll, one which read "Cazza snitch hid in Spain come fight your war" and another "Cazza rat coward hiding in Spain you can't hide forever". latest news, feel-good stories, analysis and more, Prince Philip’s illness revealed as Palace warns he’ll be in hospital for days, 18 people rescued from back of refrigerated lorry at service station, Blind woman collapses in street as bulldogs maul her guide dog, Police forced to tell doggers illicit meet-ups not ‘essential travel’, Thousands sign petition to make June 21 a bank holiday. When giving evidence, Boyle disagreed the terrible shooting of the boy "brought terror to the streets" and claimed the situation "calmed down" after that. He had serious deep wounds to his head, neck and face. Michigan and Ohio aren't the only places people are planning to watch the Big Game. 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