'Let him bleed': chilling taunt of brutal killers

DAUGHTER TELLS OF HER ANGUISH AT DAD'S MURDER BY CALLOUS GANG

- RACHEL SMITH

FIVE people have been jailed for a total of 92 years after a dad was brutally murdered in the street.

Mark Gibson, 52, from Manchester, was hunted down by the mob in retaliation for an earlier incident.

Preston Crown Court heard that in the early hours of July 11 2022, Mr Gibson had been involved in an altercation on the doorstep of a house in Boothroyden, Blackpool, where two of the killers - Tina Walton and Sean Neil lived.

The jury was told that Mr Gibson had shouted: "You're a f***ing grass. You're not going to get away with this. I'm from Manchester."

During the row, Mr Gibson hit Walton with his walking stick.

Stephen Pugh, another one of Mr Gibson's killers, was also struck to the head but was not injured.

As Neil tried to call the police, he told the others to lock the door and stay inside, but Walton picked up a spade and followed Mr Gibson out onto the street.