John Kinsella (criminal)

[5][6][7] In 1991, Kinsella was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court to nine years' imprisonment for attempted robbery and carrying a firearm with intent to commit an offence.

[8] During the trial, the jury was read a letter from the father of Steven Gerrard saying that Kinsella had stopped his son from being threatened by a criminal, George Bromley Jnr, known as "The Psycho" in 2001.

[8][10] Kinsella's death was the result of a gang feud begun in 2015 between two rival criminal organisations in Salford.

[7] One gang, headed by Michael Carroll, had Mark Fellows and Steven Boyle as members.

Kinsella was shot dead on 5 May 2018 near St Helens Linkway in Rainhill by Mark Fellows.