Chilling hidden messages ordering a violent criminal to 'melt the face' of a man and 'blind him' have exposed the brutal world of gangland hitmen trading in extreme violence.
Jonathan Gordon, aka EncroChat user 'ValuedBridge', was involved in a number of a shocking conversations which laid bare the ruthlessness and cruelty of what he was prepared to do for a payday, the Liverpool Echo reports. Yesterday, the Kirkdale gangster, 34, was jailed for life after a jury convicted him of hurling acid into the face of dad Lee Deakin in a 'barbaric attack'.
He was also convicted of plotting two other similar attacks which were aborted at the last moment, and a series of shootings across Liverpool and Warrington. Encrypted text conversations between him and an unidentified gang boss using Encrochat handle 'AceProspect' revealed their plans to 'cook' their enemies with acid and 'double the dose'.
