His is a notorious name that divides opinion. Convicted criminal, gangster. Mr Big. A peacemaker and a mediator who was fiercely loyal to his community and its residents.
Someone people would turn to in their hour of need. The inscription on his gravestone at a Salford cemetery reads: Loving partner, dad, grandad, brother, uncle and friend to many.
But while Paul Massey was a 'legend' and a protector to his family, to others he was a target. Now the colourful and combative story of his life - snuffed out at the age 55 on the driveway of his home by an assassin wearing army fatigues - has taken a new twist.
It is now almost certain to contain many more chapters. READ MORE: Video surfaces which shows Labour MP Mike Amesbury 'punch man to ground' in taxi rank incident Feared, respected and often hunted in equal measure, Broughton-born Massey was murdered with an Uzi sub-machine gun by contract killer Mark 'The Iceman' Fellows in July 2015 at his home in Clifton, Salford.
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