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Pair found with 25 gunshot wounds | Pair found with 25 gunshot wounds |
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A couple, who were victims of a gangland execution, were found with 25 gunshot wounds, an inquest jury has heard. | A couple, who were victims of a gangland execution, were found with 25 gunshot wounds, an inquest jury has heard. |
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. |
Their bodies were found by police at their home at Trusthorpe in Lincolnshire. | Their bodies were found by police at their home at Trusthorpe in Lincolnshire. |
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 inquest heard John Stirland was shot at least six times and had bullets fired through his heart, kidney and the back of his neck. | The inquest heard John Stirland was shot at least six times and had bullets fired through his heart, kidney and the back of his neck. |
Joan Stirland died of a gunshot wound to the neck, four bullets and four empty cartridge cases were found beside her body. | Joan Stirland died of a gunshot wound to the neck, four bullets and four empty cartridge cases were found beside her body. |
The inquest at Lincoln Crown Court is being relayed to media at the city's magistrates' court via video link. | The inquest at Lincoln Crown Court is being relayed to media at the city's magistrates' court via video link. |
Couple's son jailed | Couple's son jailed |
Coroner Karon Monaghan has asked the jury to investigate whether police corruption played any part in the deaths and if the police failed to protect the Stirlands. | Coroner Karon Monaghan has asked the jury to investigate whether police corruption played any part in the deaths and if the police failed to protect the Stirlands. |
Jurors are being asked to examine whether police dealt with intelligence properly and have been given a summary of intelligence reports . | Jurors are being asked to examine whether police dealt with intelligence properly and have been given a summary of intelligence reports . |
Colin Gunn was jailed for 35 years | Colin Gunn was jailed for 35 years |
Mrs Stirland's son, Michael O'Brien, is being allowed to watch the proceedings in jail, where he is serving a life sentence for murder. | Mrs Stirland's son, Michael O'Brien, is being allowed to watch the proceedings in jail, where he is serving a 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. |
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. |