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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Abigail Nicholson

Family 'haunted forever' after seeing son shot dead in kitchen

A dad has described how he will be "haunted forever" after seeing his son get gunned down in their family kitchen.

Michael Rainsford, known as Mikey by his friends, was in his kitchen on April 7, 2020, when two shots were fired through the window of his family home on Harrington Road, Litherland. James Foy, the gunman, and his brother Michael were stood in the front garden when they fired two bullets into the home.

Mikey's dad, Michael Rainsford Sr, and brother tried to keep the 20-year-old alive but told The ECHO he saw as his face drained of colour.

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