How a smalltime drug dealer was shot dead in the street at teatime while little girls in princess dresses played in the sunshine nearby

30.03.2021 - 09:57 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk

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It was one of the thankfully rare moments when the ruthless violence of organised crime spills over into everyday life.

During a heatwave in the summer of 2018 three balaclava-clad gunmen ambushed dad-of-two Luke Graham outside a house in Ashton-under-Lyne and shot him dead.

Nearby little girls in princess dresses were playing in the street enjoying the sunshine.

Graham, a small-time drug dealer

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