Smiling on a ride at a funfair with three of his grandkids, Salford's 'Mr Big' Paul Massey didn't appear to have a care in the world.
Six weeks later he was dead, gunned down by a masked assassin on his own doorstep. Four weeks before his trip to the fair, police had visited Massey's home to deliver a threat-to-life warning, a portent of what was to come.
He'd had many such official warnings. There was no answer and cops were told to put it through the letterbox, GMP said following an investigation.
For Massey's family, it was an important document stating his life was in danger. They say it should have been handed to him personally so he could take steps to protect himself.
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