Gunchester
We map the UK’s bloodiest gang feud bringing terror to Manchester’s streets
A MUM told yesterday of the horrific moment she and her seven-year-old son were gunned down on their doorstep.
Jayne Hickey, blasted above each knee by two men, said: “I saw blood pouring from Christian. I screamed for his dad to put pressure on. I couldn’t help. Then I collapsed.”
Police are linking it to the execution of gangland boss Paul Massey.
And The Sun today reveals how the latest violence leads back almost a decade to a bungled hit and double murder.
Jayne opened the door expecting a delivery when the men pounced at 9.25pm on Monday. They asked for her husband Christian Snr, 38, and opened fire at close range when she refused to co-operate.
Christian has had three ops in as many days to remove a bullet from his thigh and may need surgery for years. He was yesterday pictured with his legs heavily bandaged and a cuddly dog on his hospital bed.
Fighting back tears, bank worker Jayne added: “We were both on the children’s ward but I had a deterioration and had to move.
“I can’t kiss or cuddle my son and tell him he’ll be all right.
“Christian is an athletic, sporty boy. He likes boxing, swimming and football. I really hope he can do this in the future. He loves life, is so happy and is popular at school.
”Christian Snr is said to have ran after the men but they escaped.
In 2003 he was jailed seven years for manslaughter and his cousin given life for stabbing a rival.
Associates have told The Sun how Massey remained a key gangland figure up to his death, despite claiming to have ditched crime and bidding to become mayor of Salford.
Once dubbed Mr Big despite being barely 5ft, Massey was trying to mediate between factions in his Salford Lads gang while grooming the next generation of crooks.
One underworld kingpin has told how police are losing the battle to control the Salford groups, who make their money from drugs, extortion and nightclub security.
The gangster warned: “This is not going away — it hasn’t even started.
“It is easier to pick up a gun in Salford than to get an officer round to your house now.
“Paul Massey was throwing his weight around, right up until his death. You’ve only got to look at the abuse he was giving his big rivals. People wanted him out the way because he was controlling a lot of the crime.
“He was putting top guys’ noses out of joint so they got rid of him.
“Now they’re moving in to take over and the police just can’t get to grips with it. Nobody respects them any more.
“People on the street know who killed Massey but they won’t talk, not for £50,000 or £500,000.
“Their lives wouldn’t be worth living afterwards.
“But for the fellas who shot this poor kid and mum they’ve crossed a line — everyone knows the rules. This is going to make them big targets and the man they were after will come back at them.”
Hitmen Richard Austin, 19, and Carlton Alveranga, 20, burst into the Brass Handles pub spraying bullets, but were overpowered and killed with their own weapons.
No one was ever convicted for their murder.
Totton has been jailed a number of times over his criminal activities and even drove his car at a nightclub door earlier this year after a pal was refused entry.
In 2009 Speirs was sentenced to life for masterminding the bungled hit. Massey, himself jailed for stabbing a man in 1999, never wavered in his support for his pal, even daubing “Free Bobby Speirs” on the Salford Lads club.
Five main Manchester gangs have battled over the decades — the Salford Lads, Doddingtons, Cheetham Hillbillies, Gooch Close Gang and Longsight Crew.
Massey had developed alliances with the Hillbillies and other gangster groups as he ran nightclub drug rackets. He claimed to oppose the sale of heroin in his patch. But other gang figures claim this was just a ruse.
In later years Massey had even fallen out with jailed gangster Domenyk Noonan, sending him abusive social media messages just before his death. Others claim he may have turned police informer while rivals envied his power over the younger generation.
Peter Walsh, author of Gang War: The Inside Story of the Manchester Gangs, said: “It was never about money for Paul.
Instead it was all about power and control. He’d got in between two gangs in Salford and was throwing his weight around a bit.
“It looks like that has come back to bite him.
”A gangland source, who did not wish to be named for fear of reprisals, said:
“There’s an understanding that Massey was getting people’s backs up. Plus his continuing support for Speirs meant some of the Lads just had enough.
“Now you’ve got a huge war with innocent kids getting in the way - you’ve even got close Massey associates under suspicion and being attacked at his funeral.
”Police tried to reassert control in Salford on Wednesday as more than 200 officers raided 22 addresses, seizing drugs and making 18 arrests. Cops estimate 160 gangs are operating across Greater Manchester costing the local economy £1.7billion every year.
Detectives are hunting Christian’s attackers and pleaded for help “for the sake of all the other children in Salford who are now at risk.
”Tracy Gardner, 39, from the Eccles Boxing School where Christian trains, said: “It’s shocking that they kept shooting even though there was a child there. He’s a cheeky chappy, and very outgoing. Everyone has just been devastated.”
Manchester terror map
2) 4/5/2014: Victim, 21, is run over and shot four times in Broughton.
3) 19/5/2014: Shots fired at house in possible case of witness intimidation.
4) 26/5/2014: Man shot in pub seven times in a case of mistaken identity.
5) 7/6/2014: Shots fired at a house in Crescent Drive, Little Hulton.
6) 20/11/2014: Shotgun fired in Shillington Close, Little Hutton.
7) 13/1/2015: A house on Crescent Drive is shot at twice in 24 hours.
8) 26/1/2015: Once again, a home on Crescent Drive is targeted by gangsters.
9) 17/2/2015: Man aged 23 wounded in shotgun attack in Doveleys Road.
10) 23/2/2015: Two men on motorbike open fire on white van in Broughton.
11) 30/3/2015: Grenade thrown at home in Formby Road, causing major damage.
12) 3/4/2015: House in Eccles blasted with gun by two men on a motorbike.
13) 22/7/2015: Masked gunmen fire at house in Swinton. People inside escape.
14) 26/7/2015: Paul Massey shot dead outside home in hail of bullets.
15) 1/8/2015: Gunman on a motorbike opens fire on house in drive-by shooting.
16) 11/8/2015: Woman and child inside house shot at by gangsters in Little Hulton.
17) 13/8/2015: A man is shot in hip in attack related to the Massey murder.
18) 6/10/2015: Man shot three times in upper body and arm in targeted attack.
19) 10/10/2015: Man shot in the back through front window of his home.
20) 10/10/2015: Shots are fired through the ground floor window of house.
21) 12/10/2015: Jayne Hickey and her son Christian shot in legs on doorstep.
City’s five deadliest rivals
The gangs battling for control of Manchester’s streets.Salford Lads
THE 100-strong gang has been dominant in city for two decades.Started as smaller groups which are now linked by friendships. Specialises in club drugs, protection, and armed robbery.
Doddington
LONG-time rival of Gooch and Longsight crew but a dwindling force due to murders and an internal split.A major police operation also rounded up over a dozen of its drug dealers.
Cheetham Hillbillies
FOUGHT 1980s drug war with the Gooch Close Gang.The Hillbillies’ activity peaked in the 1990s and the beginning of the 2000s. Up to 60 members are still active.
Gooch Gang
FORMED in 1988. War with Doddingtons saw 27 people die and 250 wounded in five years.The arrest of Gooch leaders in 2007 led to a 92 per cent drop in shootings and no murders in a year.
Longsight Crew
JULIAN Bell, now 37, formed the mob after brother Orville, 17, was killed in 1996.Members took bloody revenge on rival gangs while also dealing heroin behind a bookies.
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