'Dangerous' brothers are jailed for life over shooting

PAIR CONCOCTED ELABORATE PLOT THAT INVOLVED DRESSING AS ROAD SWEEPER

- By ADAM EVERETT & WESLEY HOLMES

TWO brothers who “ambushed” and shot at a man during an elaborate plot which saw one of them dress up as a street sweeper have been jailed for life.

Kevin Gibney donned hi-vis clothing and brushed the pavements while he and his younger sibling Jack Gibney lay in wait for their target.

The former then struck victim Ryan Coburn with his broomstick before the latter emerged from an alleyway and fired a series of gunshots in his direction.

But all three bullets missed the distant relative of the brothers, who chased his assailants away, despite also having a brick hurled at him.

The Gibneys were unanimously found guilty of attempted murder and a further charge of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life after a trial at Liverpool Crown Court in August and returned to the same court to be sentenced yesterday.

Sentencing, Judge Stuart Driver KC said: “On February 21, 2023, you planned to kill Ryan Coburn. You obtained a loaded firearm.

“Jack Gibney lay in wait with it while Kevin Gibney, disguised as a street cleaner, looked out for the victim, saw him, and alerted Jack by striking him.