'I'VE BEEN SHOT'

ATTEMPTED MURDER TRIAL TOLD OF BOY'S SCREAMS AFTER HE WAS 'GUNNED DOWN IN FEUD'

- BANDREW BARDSLEY

A TEENAGER was shot in broad daylight as two rival groups feuded, a jury heard.

The 16-year-old boy was blasted as part of a feud between a group linked to Eccles in Salford and a rival faction, prosecutors allege.

They claim 31-year-old Kyle Meighan fired two bullets while being driven on a motorbike. The teenager was also riding a motorbike at the time, at about 2.10 pm on Sunday, March 19. One bullet missed but the other was a ‘direct hit’, entering his shoulder and lodging next to his spine.

“It was only by good luck that he survived this attack,” prosecutor John Elvidge KC told Manchester Crown Court.

Five men are on trial accused of attempted murder.

Mr Meighan, Philip Broadhurst, 27; his brother Aiden Broadhurst, 29; Jieh Sufyaan, 35; and Andrew Whiteside, 29, have all pleaded not guilty. Mr Elvidge told jurors there had been ‘trouble’ between the rival factions for ‘some months’ prior to the shooting.