A man whose DNA was found on a bullet casing left at the scene of a "public execution" was today cleared of murder.
Patrick Boyle, 26, was shot dead in Huyton just before 6pm on Thursday, July 1 last year, when prosecutors say he was "shown no mercy". It was alleged Rueben Murphy, 26, was the shooter on an electric bike and that he carried out the killing with the help of Ben Doyle, 24.
A third man, 20-year-old Thomas Walker, was also accused by prosecutors of being "complicit in the murder". Liverpool Crown Court heard his DNA was discovered on a bullet cartridge found in Newway, a cul-de-sac off Lordens Road, where Mr Boyle was gunned down.
