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.
A police cordon at the scene of the shooting on Hilden Street in Bolton TWO defendants have been cleared over their alleged involvement a plot which saw Leon Cullen s gang fire shots at a house before attempting to frame a rival. Thirty-six-year-old Andrew Potter, of Thelwall New Road in Thelwall, and 35-year-old Stuart Shaw, of McKee Avenue in Longford, were cleared of charges of conspiracy to possess a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and conspiracy to pervert the course of public justice after two days of deliberation by a jury at Bolton Crown Court A trial had heard how Cullen, formerly Warrington s most wanted before his arrest in Dubai a year ago, 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.