A remorseless killer starts a life sentence today for the street execution of a young dad.
Rueben Murphy, 26, was sentenced to 31 years minimum yesterday for murder after pumping two 9mm bullets into the chest of 26-year-old Patrick Boyle on July 1, 2021.
In a premeditated attack, Mr Boyle was standing outside an address in Newway, off Lordens Road in Huyton, at around 5.55pm when Murphy approached on an electric bike and opened fire. The dad of a three-year-old boy - who was expecting a second child with his pregnant partner, was shot twice in the chest and pronounced dead at Whiston Hospital less than 30 minutes later.
