Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter Jurors have heard how a gang said to be behind the drive-by shooting of a University of Salford student carried out a ‘dress rehearsal’ the day before.
Eight people are on trial at Preston Crown Court accused of murdering 19-year-old Aya Hachem - with the court being told the shooting was connected to a feud between rival businesses.
Aya, described as the 'most loyal devoted daughter', was gunned down on a shopping trip at around 3pm on May 17 last year on King Street in Blackburn, LancsLive reports.
The student was killed by a gunshot wound when two shots were fired from a passing silver Toyota Avensis as she walked near the Lidl supermarket.
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