In principle, using the rainy-day, kitchen-sink post-rock of Manchester band The Smiths so prominently in a film like The Killer seems incredibly perverse, given that it’s an exotic, globe-trotting thriller about an American assassin. But in reality, it’s actually very sound choice indeed: legend has it that the band’s singer, Morrissey, had two reasons for naming his band so, the first being that “Smith” is one of the most common and thus unremarkable surnames in the world. The second, and much more subversive theory, suggests that it’s also a reference to David and Maureen Smith, brother-in-law and sister of ’60s serial killer Myra Hindley, the snappily dressed couple whose testimony blew open the Moors Murderers case and whose beatnik likenesses adorn the cover of Sonic Youth’s 1990 album “Goo”.
Chilling threat sent to girl after knifeman held her grandad hostage
15.08.2023 - 06:33 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A knifeman held a grandad hostage in his own home during a terrifying robbery.
Jake Anderson, 22, was one of two men who raided the man's home after ordering his granddaughter to get into his car.
After driving to her grandparent's address, the pair stormed inside and stole cash, cigarettes and a mobile phone. The other man - referred to in court as Mr X - held the girl's grandfather at knifepoint during the early hours raid.
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After later discovering that the girl had gone to the police, Anderson contacted her and made a series of chilling threats. He accused her and her family of being 'a bunch of grasses', adding: "I’m going to burn yous out, you don’t know who I am”.
At Bolton Crown Court on Monday, Anderson was jailed for seven years.
Prosecutor Eve Salter told the court that Anderson had known the girl for several months prior to the incident and that she and her grandparents had allowed him to stay in their home when he found himself homeless.
On July 24 of last year, the girl had been out celebrating a friend's birthday when Anderson sent her a Snapchat message asking what she was doing.
She told him she and her friend were on their way to another friend's house for a sleepover. When they arrived at their friend's house, the girls saw a grey BMW parked up nearby.
The court heard that a balaclava-clad Anderson then shouted at the girls to ‘get in the car’. When they refused, he became aggressive and threatened to ‘get his dog on them’.
The two girls reluctantly got into the back of the car, where there was another man they did not know. A third male then climbed into the vehicle and grabbed one of the girls by the neck and held an object
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