DAD WHO FOUGHT FOR JUSTICE AFTER SON'S KILLING DIES

A "SUPERHERO" dad who spent years campaigning for justice after his son was shot dead at home has died, his family has announced.

- By BEN HASLAM

Michael Rainsford Snr spent the last five years trying to get justice after police failed to arrest one of the gunmen who shot his 20-year-old son Mikey Rainsford in the months leading up to the murder.

Mikey Rainsford was shot twice while standing in the kitchen of his home on Harrington Road in Litherland by brothers James and Michael Foy in a revenge attack for something he had nothing to do with.

The Foys, members of Linacre Young Guns gang, shot Mikey less than an hour after a brick had been thrown through their mum's window on April 7, 2020.

Both men were convicted of murder the following year - but Mikey’s dad, Michael Rainsford Snr, repeatedly claimed Merseyside Police had information which tied James Foy to another firearm found by officers during a search of a Bootle home in 2019.

Michael provided the ECHO with the IOPC’s written report earlier this year which revealed there was no reason why James Foy was not arrested before the murder.