At the end of a timeworn street just north of Rochdale town centre sits a row of red-brick terraced houses, of which all but one appear indistinguishable.
The exception bears a cluster of hi-tech security cameras that wouldn’t look out of place in a bank, for instance, or a police station. And for good reason.
What happened in this two-up, two-down was shocking but sadly typical of the feud then raging between rival organised crime groups (OCGs) that blighted this Greater Manchester town, a once proud textiles powerhouse.
Last week, a court heard that at around 11.40pm on May 22, 2021, two masked
To provide well-rounded coverage and a breadth of insight across various events, we rely on contributions from several staff writers, each bringing their own area of expertise to our publication.





