A man has tragically died after he was hit by a Mercedes along the M62 on Sunday night. Police were called to the motorway between junction 8 and 9 at around 9.30pm.
01.03.2023 - 11:59 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Five people have been jailed for a total of 92 years after an unarmed Manchester dad was killed in the street.
Mark Gibson, 52, was hunted down and by the mob in retaliation for an earlier incident. During a trial, Preston Crown Court heard that in the early hours of July 11 2022, Mr Gibson had been involved in an altercation on the doorstep of a house in Boothroyden, Blackpool, where two of the killers - Tina Walton and Sean Neil - lived.
The jury was told that Mr Gibson had shouted: "You're a f***ing grass. You're not going to get away with this. I'm from Manchester. Youse two are grassbags."
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During the row, Mr Gibson hit Walton with his walking stick, LancsLive reports. Stephen Pugh, another one of Mr Gibson's killers, was also struck to the head but was not injured. As Neil tried to call the police, he told the others to lock the door and stay inside, but Walton picked up a spade and followed Mr Gibson out onto the street.
As he walked away she called him back and they met up on the corner of Boothroyden and Carshalton Road. Mr Gibson attacked Walton for a second time. But she was followed by Pugh, who had picked up a knife from the kitchen.
Mr Gibson managed to break free and ran to a house in Carshalton Road. He was unarmed and outnumbered, the court heard. All five defendants followed him into the garden and surrounded him in front of a bay window. Neil struck out at him with a wrench and Pugh plunged the knife into his shoulder, with such force it severed major arteries and penetrated his heart.
Aaron Chadwick punched Mr Gibson twice to the jaw as Walton and Stephanie Steel jeered on. As the gang left
A man has tragically died after he was hit by a Mercedes along the M62 on Sunday night. Police were called to the motorway between junction 8 and 9 at around 9.30pm.
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