Mark Fellows (hitman)

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Mark Fellows
Born (1980-09-05) 5 September 1980 (age 43)

Mark Fellows (nicknamed "The Iceman") (5 September 1980) is an English hitman convicted of the murders of John Kinsella and Paul Massey, [1] rival enforcers to the Anti A Team criminal network. At the time of his conviction he was one of only 70 prisoners sentenced to a whole life term. [1]

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Background

Fellows lived in Warrington but was originally from Salford. [2]

Murders

Paul Massey murder

On 26 July 2015, Massey was shot dead outside his home on Manchester Road, Clifton, by a lone gunman. The killer was reported to have been wearing military style fatigues and carried a weapon "similar to a sub machine gun". [3] Greater Manchester Police offered a £50,000 reward for information pertaining to the killing. [4]

John Kinsella murder

Kinsella was shot dead on 5 May 2018 near St Helens Linkway in Rainhill as he walked with his pregnant partner Wendy Owen. [5] [6] The killers used encrypted EncroChat handsets to co-ordinate the murder. [7] [8] [6] [9]

Trial

The trial lasted eight weeks, with heavily armed police officers in attendance. [6] His fellow criminal Steven Boyle was also on trial. [6] Boyle was described as Fellows' "brother in arms" and accused of acting as a spotter, watching the victims and providing assistance to the gunman. [6]

During the trial, evidence from a Garmin fitness watch with a GPS function found in Fellows' house was used to show that he had travelled from his home to a field opposite Massey's home. [10]

Conviction

Fellows was found guilty of the murders of both Massey and Kinsella, but found not guilty of the attempted murder of Owen. [6] Mr Justice William Davis sentenced him to a whole-life term. [6] Boyle was convicted of the murder of Kinsella, but cleared of the murder of Massey and the attempted murder of Owen. [6]

Assault in prison

In February 2019 Fellows was seriously injured when he was slashed by another prisoner with a weapon believed to have been made from a razor blade. [2] He was attacked in HM Prison Whitemoor and airlifted to hospital. [2]

Appeal of sentence

He appealed against his sentence on the grounds that it was "excessive", but in July 2019 the appeal was turned down. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 Halliday, Josh (18 January 2019). "Mark Fellows: how Salford hitman evaded police for gangland murders". The Guardian . Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Keeling, Neal (25 February 2019). "Paul Massey's killer Mark Fellows back in prison after razor blade attack left him seriously injured". Manchester Evening News . Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Paul Massey murder: 'Mr Big' case detectives offer £50k reward". BBC News. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  4. ↑ Halliday, Josh. "Paul Massey murder: police offer £50,000 reward for information". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Underworld enforcer named as St Helens shooting victim". BBC News . 6 May 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Perraudin, Frances (16 January 2019). "Hitman guilty of murdering Salford 'Mr Big' Paul Massey". The Guardian . Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Underworld duo 'murdered in gangland feud'". BBC News . 26 November 2018.
  8. ↑ Hamilton, Fiona (2 July 2020). "Hundreds of arrests as police crack phone network used by crime bosses". The Times . ISSN   0140-0460. His trial was told the hits were co-ordinated using Encrochat on a device which cost £1,500 for a six-month contract and was sold on websites visited by those engaged in crime.
  9. ↑ "'Mr Big' Paul Massey murder: Hitman gets life in jail". BBC News. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  10. ↑ Barnes, Tom (17 January 2019). "Mark Fellows: Gangland hitman jailed for life over murders of 'Mr Big' Paul Massey and John Kinsella". The Independent . Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  11. ↑ "Gangland hitman fails in appeal against 'excessive' life sentence". Press Association. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
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