Paul Massey’s murder has left a vacuum in the north-west’s criminal underworld,and a question: was the infamous drug baron a police informant?Just beyond the towering stands of archaic Trafford lie plots of wasteland that on match days are transformed into lucrative makeshift car parks. Most Manchester United fans attending Saturday’s match against Newcastle United would absorb been unaware that until recently many of these parking spaces were part of an organised crime racket linked to a series of stabbings and a gangland turf war involving the notorious Paul Massey, Salfords “Mr substantial”.
Now Massey is gone, and murdered a month ago on the drive of his family home. The hitman remains at large.
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Source: theguardian.com