The disturbing case of the 'Body in the Boot' and a friend's muffled pleas for help

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

Trussed up in the boot of a Ford Orion, a terrified man dials 999. In the muffled call, which lasted just over three minutes, he begs police for help - repeating the word 'please' some 53 times during the conversation.

His terror - bound with tape and handcuffed - is difficult to comprehend. In the background, screams are heard; the screams of one of his friends being gratuitously tortured on an industrial estate near the M60 motorway.

Fighting for his life after saying he had been 'battered to a pulp', the man in the boot whispers to the police call handler: "They are killing us, they are battering us, please come, please help." Just yards away, his friend was brutally murdered.

He was David Barnshaw and for 25 long years this year, he and his family have had no justice. Mr Barnshaw, a small-time drug dealer, met his death on the night of September 20, 1999, on an industrial estate in Lower Bredbury, close to Stockport town centre.