He looked nothing like his most wanted poster but wasn't fooling anyone - how detectives snared murderer years after gangland shooting
Smartly dressed and wearing glasses in court, Callum Halpin looked nothing like his wanted poster. One of the UK's most wanted men, he had stayed under the radar for nearly four years after playing a key role in the brutal murder of a much loved dad.
The catalyst of the terrifying crime, as gangland feuds so often are, was drugs. Graham and Verigotta were small time dealers who had encroached on the turf of a rival outfit. Video Loading Video Unavailable Click to play Tap to play The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now "2018 was a very hot summer. There were little girls running around playing in their princess dresses. It's just absolutely awful that there were children playing in the street while this happened.
Within a matter of hours of the shooting, on June 13, 2018, police had the shooter Wade Cox's name and a wanted appeal was circulated across Greater Manchester. Cox was duly caught and put on trial for murder and wounding with intent. Following a trial in 2019, Cox was found guilty of both counts and jailed for life, to serve a minimum of 36 years.
Dodd also helped but was unaware of the shooting. Cox's life term was one of the longest murder sentences to be handed down in recent times.
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