Young drug dealers in Huyton linked to multiple eruptions of violence figured as part of the investigation into the unsolved murder of an innocent man.
Adam Ellison, 29, was walking home from the pub with friends in the early hours of November 4, 2017, when the group encountered a gang of thugs in a pedestrianised area in Market Place, Prescot. An altercation occurred after a motorbike nearly crashed into them, and one of two men on a green and white Kawasaki KX 85 Big Wheel off-road bike lashed out with an unknown weapon causing devastating injuries to Adam's neck.
The killers rode away in the direction of a Tesco store on Sewell Street as friends and passers-by rushed to his aid. Despite the efforts of medical staff, he was pronounced dead in hospital shortly after 2am. Since his death, Adam's family have confirmed he had no involvement in crime or gang activity whatsoever, and it appears the tragedy followed a random encounter.
