In March 2015, the situation for self-confessed gangland debt collector David Byron looked bleak.
The then 37-year-old had been identified as the prime suspect in a brutal double shooting in Lance Close, Everton, where a man named Craig Dures was shot in the face and his dad, Karl Dures senior, was hit in the thigh.
The stakes were high. Charged with the attempted murder of Craig, and wounding both men with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, a conviction would have meant a likely life sentence.
