Don't miss a thing that's happening in and around Bury by signing up to the free MyBury newsletter Hours after teenage boxer Cole Kershaw was gunned down, Khayam Ali Khurshid's desperate bid to escape justice was already underway.
Days later he would be surrounded by armed police, face-down on an Amsterdam street, hundreds of miles from home. He was even further from his attempted destination of Islamabad.
While police tried to piece together the events that led to Cole's tragic death on August 12, Khurshid had a relative book him flights to the Pakistani capital.
First, the 29-year old had to reach a connection to Dubai - a journey he believed would take him beyond the reach of the law.
Read more on manchestereveningnews.co.uk