Massey family's victory in 10-year inquest battle

AN INQUEST will be held into the death of Salford 'Mr Big' Paul Massey in a major victory for his family following a 10-year battle.

- By CHRIS SLATER

Massey was shot dead by assassin Mark Fellows with an Uzi sub-machine gun on the doorstep of his home in Clifton in July 2015.

It came at the height of a vicious war between a Salford gang known as the A-Team - whose members considered Massey a mentor and elder - and a rival faction, the Anti A-Team.

Fellows is serving a whole-life term for the murder of Massey and his gangland enforcer friend, John Kinsella, three years later.

Massey received at least five so-called 'Osman' warnings from 2009 up until the weeks before he was killed.

The final of these warnings, now known as Threat to Life (TTL) notices, was delivered to his home on May 27, 2015, eight weeks before his death. It was posted through the letterbox.

Massey's family claim he was not aware of the order and that officers should have made efforts to deliver it to him in person.

National police guidance says such warnings should be handed over personally 'where appropriate, but can also be delivered in other ways - for instance over the phone if the subject is abroad.

A 2017 internal investigation by GMP cleared two officers who delivered the warning, the M.E.N. has previously reported.