Murderer compared himself to Marlon Dingle from Emmerdale
The ridiculous lies of the killer robbers who lured Miguel Reynolds told in full
19:02, 9 MAY 2021
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Liam Watson tried to compare himself to Emmerdale character Marlon Dingle to prove his innocence
A killer who shot dead a young rapper tried to compare himself to an Emmerdale character framed for murder.
Liam Watson was part of the gang who lured 21-year-old Miguel Reynolds from Manchester to Liverpool to buy a stolen Audi S1.
But after the victim was robbed at gunpoint, he chased after Watson with a lock knife, who executed him at point blank range in the chaos that followed.
Securing justice for murdered rapper was an epic journey, say prosecutors
It was described as a complex and difficult case
Killers Liam Watson (left) and Kyle Sanders (right).
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Achieving justice for a young rapper who was shot dead just days before his 22 birthday in a bogus car sale plot was the end of an epic journey , prosecutors said today.
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image captionLiam Watson (left) and Kyle Sanders were part of a gang that planned the armed robbery in which Miguel Reynolds was killed
A man who shot a rapper in the neck after robbing him at gunpoint has been sentenced to 30 years for murder.
Liam Watson, 22, killed Miguel Reynolds, 21, from Manchester, when he went to buy a car in Netherton, Sefton, in June 2018.
Kyle Sanders, 21, who helped lure Mr Reynolds to the scene, was sentenced to 21 years for manslaughter.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said the duo would stop at nothing to get the money .
Gunman who shot dead a rapper in carefully planned robbery plot must serve 30 years
Miguel Reynolds was murdered in Merseyside after agreeing to buy a car
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A gunman who shot dead a rapper from Manchester has been jailed for life.
Liam Watson, who murdered Miguel Reynolds after he was lured to Merseyside to buy a stolen Audi S1, will have to serve at least 30 years.
After he arrived with a friend, Miguel, 21, was ordered to hand over £2,000 and go back home.
Miguel, an aspiring rapper known as Lil Gwop Boy, was shot to the neck at close range by Watson, after he chased down his robber in Netherton, Merseyside.