The brutal murder of Christopher Hughes is the subject of a new TV series
As he was driven towards his death, Christopher Hughes pleaded for his life. A gang of vigilantes had spent the last 24 hours hunting him down.
In tonight's gripping episode, the cameras follow detectives as they work around the clock to find Christopher, a former boxer from Wigan, after receiving a call from a distressed member of the public, who witnessed him being snatched off the street. A wrong-headed plot which ended in appalling violence began on the evening before Christopher's murder, when the attackers wrongly believed he had committed a sexual offence. However, DNA evidence submitted in that investigation did not match Christopher's.
Near the remote area of White Moss Road South, in Skelmersdale, he was brutally attacked and killed in an act of mistaken retribution. The killers tried to cover their tracks by destroying CCTV, changing telephones, deleting messages and disposing of the Audi used in the kidnap. Hours of CCTV footage was recovered and painstakingly reviewed by police officers who were able to discover the defendants’ activities, and movements which ended in Christopher’s life being cruelly taken.
Martin Smith of Laithwaite Road, Wigan, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 33 years for murder, 12 years for kidnap to run concurrently. Dean Smeaton O’Neill-Davey of Bulteel Street, Wigan - life with a minimum term 25 years for murder, 12 years for kidnap to run concurrently. Jaf and Awla owned M6 Motors and Mohammed owned Star Autos, both in Wigan. O’Neill Davey worked for M6 Motors and lived in a house owned by Jaf. Balbas and Spahiu owned the convenience store, Mini Express in Beech Hill.
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