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| Man charged over John Kinsella gangland murder in Merseyside | Man charged over John Kinsella gangland murder in Merseyside |
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| Detectives investigating the gangland murder of John Kinsella, an underworld enforcer, have charged a man with his murder. | Detectives investigating the gangland murder of John Kinsella, an underworld enforcer, have charged a man with his murder. |
| Mark Fellows, 38, has been charged with the murders of Kinsella and another underworld figure John Massey following a joint operation in Manchester and Liverpool. | |
| Kinsella, 53, was shot dead while walking his dog on the St Helens Linkway near the M62 in Merseyside on 5 May. | Kinsella, 53, was shot dead while walking his dog on the St Helens Linkway near the M62 in Merseyside on 5 May. |
| He was a close friend of the prominent Salford gangster Paul Massey, who was killed after being shot four times in the chest with a submachine gun in 2015. | He was a close friend of the prominent Salford gangster Paul Massey, who was killed after being shot four times in the chest with a submachine gun in 2015. |
| Fellows, 37, is due to appear before South Sefton magistrates court on Saturday charged with two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. | Fellows, 37, is due to appear before South Sefton magistrates court on Saturday charged with two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. |
| Police arrested five other people as part of the investigation this week who have all been released under investigation. | Police arrested five other people as part of the investigation this week who have all been released under investigation. |
| Known as Salford’s “Mr Big” despite being scarcely 5ft tall, Massey’s fearsome reputation grew during the drug-fuelled Manchester rave scene of the 1990s. His family insist he had tried to turn his life around in the years before his death. | Known as Salford’s “Mr Big” despite being scarcely 5ft tall, Massey’s fearsome reputation grew during the drug-fuelled Manchester rave scene of the 1990s. His family insist he had tried to turn his life around in the years before his death. |
| On 26 July 2015, the 55-year-old was shot four times in the chest as he stepped out of his silver BMW outside his family home in Salford. | On 26 July 2015, the 55-year-old was shot four times in the chest as he stepped out of his silver BMW outside his family home in Salford. |
| Massey and Kinsella are thought to have been longstanding friends and Kinsella was a pallbearer at the former’s funeral. A trial at Liverpool crown court heard how in 2001 Kinsella intervened to stop a gangster from threatening the former England footballer Steven Gerrard. | Massey and Kinsella are thought to have been longstanding friends and Kinsella was a pallbearer at the former’s funeral. A trial at Liverpool crown court heard how in 2001 Kinsella intervened to stop a gangster from threatening the former England footballer Steven Gerrard. |
| A Home Office postmortem found Kinsella had died as the result of multiple gunshot wounds . | A Home Office postmortem found Kinsella had died as the result of multiple gunshot wounds . |
| DCI Mark Baker, of Merseyside police’s investigations team, said: “Detectives from Merseyside have been carrying out extensive inquiries since the murder of John Kinsella just three weeks ago and have established a number of positive leads. | DCI Mark Baker, of Merseyside police’s investigations team, said: “Detectives from Merseyside have been carrying out extensive inquiries since the murder of John Kinsella just three weeks ago and have established a number of positive leads. |
| “We have been working together with both GMP and Cheshire police and as a result of our inquiries were able to carry out this joint operation today.” | “We have been working together with both GMP and Cheshire police and as a result of our inquiries were able to carry out this joint operation today.” |
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