Don't miss out on the big stories from Manchester's courts with our weekly newsletter This video shows the terrifying impact of a loaded gun being test fired after it was stashed in an alley by a senior member of the Rusholme Crips.
The Walther .22 handgun was found after Zico Reid, 34, was stopped by armed police after being tracked around the back streets of Rusholme in 2019.
He was arrested and police found the weapon, with the safety catch off, in undergrowth in an alleyway off Heald Avenue. READ MORE: Gangster's lies caught out after he's found in backstreets with loaded gun After being tested by a forensic team at Waltham, the gun was test fired into gelatine which showed the bullets penetrating the gel to a depth of over six
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