Claims that Paul Massey ran protection rackets and a new theory regarding his murder are made in a TV documentary which will be screened later this month.
The first episode of a new Crime + Investigation series, 'Killer Britain with Dermot Murnaghan', offers a new theory as to why the Salford businessman was murdered by gunman Mark Fellows - one at odds with the official account that he was a hired assassin.
Two starkly different views of Mr Massey are presented by the show. His family claim he was hounded by police throughout the 80s and 90s, but was a 'Robin Hood' type figure.
But other contributors present him as target criminal, brutalised by stretches in youth custody and deeply affected by his brother taking his own life to extent
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