It took just 48-seconds to change the lives of two families and a whole tight-knit community for good. Dads Thomas 'Tommy' Sharp and Patrick 'Paddy' Connors are believed to have met at a funeral and been drinking on September 23, 2020.
They both knew each other as they were popular members of the travellers community and both came from big families. Later on that evening Tommy, 29, was driving his Mercedes C Class with Paddy, 36, as his front seat passenger.
CCTV showed them driving around the Lower Broughton area of Salford until they pass an unmarked police car on Elton Street around 11.46pm, just off Great Clowes Street. The unmarked car begins to follow the pair, who turn onto Lower Broughton Road, with the blue lights switched on soon after, beginning what would be a short chase, ending in Tommy, nicknamed 'mush', and Paddy, losing their lives.
