A man whose DNA was discovered on a bullet casing left at the scene of a "public execution" was cleared of murder on March 29.
Patrick Doyle, 26, was shot dead just before 6pm on the evening of July 1, 2021, when prosecutors state he was "shown no mercy".
It was alleged that Rueben Murphy, 26, was the shooter aboard an electric bike and that he carried out the killing with the help of Ben Doyle, 24.
A third man, Thomas Walker, 20, was also accused by prosecutors of being "complicit in the murder" which was carried out in Huyton.
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