Lewis Sinclair A GUNMAN who shot at a house in Bolton has had his 12-year jail sentence reduced. Earlier this month Lewis Sinclair was jailed for 12 years, plus 27 months on licence, for conspiracy to possess a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and a separate offence of burgling David Lloyd gyms. Sinclair, aged 39, of Hazel Walk, Partington, let off six rounds into the windows and doors of a terraced house in Hilden Street, The Haulgh on September 9, 2019 as part on an ongoing feud between drugs gangs. But at Bolton Crown Court Mark Friend, defending, asked the Honorary Recorder of Bolton, Judge Martin Walsh, to review the sentence, suggesting not enough discount had been given for Sinclair s early guilty plea for the burglaries.
1/1 VIOLENT men involved in a drugs gang shooting in a Bolton Street have been jailed for a total of 24 years. Lewis Sinclair shot at the occupied house in Hilden Street, letting off six rounds into the windows and door before fleeing in a getaway car driven by Andrew Johannessen. Both men pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and a third man, Shawn O’Malley, who was with Sinclair in Hilden Street, is due to be sentenced for his involvement in the shooting and other offences at Liverpool Crown Court in September.
Hilden Street MEN accused of involvement in a plot to shoot at a house in Hilden Street, Bolton and frame a gang rival for it have been cleared by a jury. Following two days of deliberation a jury at Bolton Crown Court found Andrew Potter, aged 36, of Thelwall Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, and Stuart Shaw, aged 35, of McKee Avenue, Warrington, not guilty of conspiracy to possess a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and conspiracy to pervert the course of public justice. The court had heard how Warrington crime boss Leon Cullen, currently in custody in Dubai, had a grudge against his former partner s ex-boyfriend Craig Millington.
1/1 CRIME gang members who fired at a house in a Bolton street tried to frame a rival for the shooting. Warrington crime boss Leon Cullen was involved in dispute with Craig Millington after they had both been involved with the same woman. And after shots were fired at the windows and door of a house in Hilden Street, Bolton, on September 9, 2019, his associates planted the Luger pistol and cocaine in Millington s car and tipped off police. Bolton Crown Court heard how Cullen is out of the country but several others have pleaded guilty to involvement with the conspiracy. Two men, Andrew Potter, aged 36, of Thelwall Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, and Stuart Shaw, aged 35, of McKee Avenue, Warrington, who deny involvement, have gone on trial accused of possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and perverting the course of public justice.
1/1 A ST HELENS man travelled in a car with two alleged gang members to the scene where six shots were fired in a Bolton street, a court has heard. Warrington s Leon Cullen was involved in dispute with Craig Millington after they had both been involved with the same woman, Bolton Crown Court heard. It is alleged Cullen’s gang fired gunshots at a house before attempting to frame him over the incident. A trial heard that after shots were fired at the windows and door of a house in Hilden Street, Bolton, on September 9, 2019, Cullen s associates planted a Luger pistol and cocaine in Millington s car and tipped off police.