Mark Fellows (hitman)
convicted English hitman
Mark Fellows (nicknamed "The Iceman"; born 5 September 1980) is a British hitman convicted of the murders of John Kinsella and Paul Massey, rival enforcers to the Anti A Team criminal network. At the time of his conviction he was one of only 70 prisoners sentenced to a whole life term.
Background
Fellows lived in Warrington but was originally from Salford.
Murders
Paul Massey murder
On 26 July 2015, Massey was shot dead outside his home on Manchester Road, Clifton, by a lone gunman. The killer was reported to have been wearing military style fatigues and carried a weapon "similar to a sub machine gun". Greater Manchester Police offered a £50,000 reward for information pertaining to the killing.
John Kinsella murder
Kinsella was shot dead on 5 May 2018 near St Helens Linkway in Rainhill as he walked with his pregnant partner Wendy Owen. The killers used encrypted EncroChat handsets to co-ordinate the murder.
Trial
The trial lasted eight weeks, with heavily armed police officers in attendance. His fellow criminal Steven Boyle was also on trial.
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