A mother has told a jury of the terrifying moment she rushed her kids home from playing outside after she witnessed a man being fatally shot in the street. Luke Graham was shot in the shoulder by gunman Wade Cox, who was previously found guilty, while sitting in a Volkswagen Caddy van with another man and later passed away in hospital on June 13, 2018.
Cox 'fired a number of shots at what was effectively point blank range' as the two men sat in the vehicle on Birch Street, jurors heard, the Manchester Evening News reports. The second man in the car was shot in the leg but survived the attack and Cox, of Droylsden, was subsequently found guilty of murder in 2019.
However, he did not act alone and another man, Callum Haplin, has been accused of 'actively participating' in the shooting. On day three of the trial, neighbour Amy Clowes told the court what she witnessed that afternoon while her kids had been playing outside.
