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| Inquest looks at revenge killings | Inquest looks at revenge killings |
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| The public and press are being kept away from an inquest into the deaths of a couple who were shot at a hideaway in Lincolnshire, for security reasons. | The public and press are being kept away from an inquest into the deaths of a couple who were shot at a hideaway in Lincolnshire, for security reasons. |
| The Lincoln Crown Court hearing is being shown via video link at the city's magistrates' court. | |
| John and Joan Stirland were killed in a revenge attack in August 2004 after Mrs Stirland's son shot a friend of Nottingham crime boss Colin Gunn. | John and Joan Stirland were killed in a revenge attack in August 2004 after Mrs Stirland's son shot a friend of Nottingham crime boss Colin Gunn. |
| Gunn has since been jailed for 35 years for conspiracy to murder the couple. | Gunn has since been jailed for 35 years for conspiracy to murder the couple. |
| The jury was due to be sworn in on Monday afternoon and the hearing is expected to last three weeks. | The jury was due to be sworn in on Monday afternoon and the hearing is expected to last three weeks. |
| Mrs Stirland's son, Michael O'Brien, will be allowed to watch the proceedings in jail, where he is serving his life sentence for murder. | Mrs Stirland's son, Michael O'Brien, will be allowed to watch the proceedings in jail, where he is serving his life sentence for murder. |
| The Stirlands fled to Trusthorpe on the Lincolnshire coast from Nottingham, after O'Brien killed Marvyn Bradshaw, 22, outside a pub in Bulwell, Nottinghamshire. | The Stirlands fled to Trusthorpe on the Lincolnshire coast from Nottingham, after O'Brien killed Marvyn Bradshaw, 22, outside a pub in Bulwell, Nottinghamshire. |
| Colin Gunn was jailed for 35 years | Colin Gunn was jailed for 35 years |
| In February 2008, the Independent Police Complaints Commission found officers failed adequately to deal with two frantic phone calls they received from Mrs Stirland the day she and her husband were murdered. | In February 2008, the Independent Police Complaints Commission found officers failed adequately to deal with two frantic phone calls they received from Mrs Stirland the day she and her husband were murdered. |
| Before they fled Nottingham, the Stirlands had had shots fired into their home. | Before they fled Nottingham, the Stirlands had had shots fired into their home. |
| The inquiry concluded Nottinghamshire officers did not supply enough information to colleagues in Lincolnshire about the threat the pair faced. | The inquiry concluded Nottinghamshire officers did not supply enough information to colleagues in Lincolnshire about the threat the pair faced. |
| Gunn, 40, of Nottingham, was jailed in 2006 following his conviction for conspiracy to murder the Stirlands. | Gunn, 40, of Nottingham, was jailed in 2006 following his conviction for conspiracy to murder the Stirlands. |
| Co-defendants John Russell, 29, and Michael McNee, 22, were jailed for 30 and 25 years respectively, in 2006. | Co-defendants John Russell, 29, and Michael McNee, 22, were jailed for 30 and 25 years respectively, in 2006. |