Don't miss a thing that's happening in and around Bury by signing up to the free MyBury newsletter The father of a teenager who was gunned down in the street says 'being a loyal friend' is what got his son killed.
Three men were today sentenced to life in prison over the murder of Cole Kershaw in Chesham Road, Bury, on August 12 of last year.
In an emotional statement read out in court, the 18-year-old's heartbroken father, Chris Gaynor, revealed the torment he has lived through following his boy's tragic death.
He said Cole's life had been 'cruelly taken away by the actions of others' and that his own life 'would never be the same again'. "We will never come to terms with what has happened and the senselessness of it all," Mr Gaynor
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