Aaron Bretherton: Last News

Criminals from Manchester and Liverpool plotted to have an enemy "carved up" inside prison. Details of the conspiracy emerged at a court case earlier this week.

A man who arranged a gangland hit which went catastrophically wrong has been jailed. In the bungled attack a gunman, posing as a pizza delivery driver, shot a relative of the target by mistake.

direct to your inboxThis is the moment an innocent man was shot on his doorstep by a gunman posing as a pizza delivery driver.The 56-year-old victim was shot at three times outside his home on April 24 last year.The gunman – Aaron Bretherton – had meant to carry out the attack on the victim’s 26-year-old stepson.Video footage shows the victim attempt to shut the door before Bretherton opened fire.But one bullet hit the floor and another travelled through the door – hitting him below the knee.The shot caused life-changing injuries to his leg.Bretherton fired a further shot towards the house before fleeing the scene.He then escaped in a van with getaway driver Anthony Morris and Lewis Fitzpatrick who was also inside.The three men have since

direct to your inboxA gunman posed as pizza delivery man to carry out a hit - but shot the wrong man.The victim suffered horrific injuries. Shooter Aaron Bretherton used the ruse as he arrived outside a house on Poplars Avenue on Orford, Warrington.