He now walks with the aid of stick, having been left with permanent nerve damage.

Despite the gunshot wound to his upper thigh, the seriously injured and shoeless man was able to crawl towards the road and seek help from a passing motorist - who called 999.

Mr Clough-Massey later described hearing a 'big bang' and 'feeling a sensation in his leg', which then went numb. Having failed to extort the cash, and after counter threats were made against Mullen's girlfriend, the hostage was shot in the leg at around 7.30pm and abandoned at the scene near to Halewood Waste Transfer Station.Ĭarlton Mullen (Image: Merseyside Police) Only a month earlier, he had won £50,000 in a competition on Facebook - a jackpot which 'everybody knew' about. During this ordeal, the attackers - all aged 23 - made repeated attempts via phone calls to force his cousin James Clough to pay up a £5,000 ransom. The beating continued on the 'quiet country lane' - with Mr Clough-Massey being punched, kicked and stamped on 'all over his body'. The victim was then taken to Ramsbrook Lane, on the outskirts of Hale Village, where Kristensen - of no fixed address, but previously of Coral Avenue in Huyton - left his co-defendants as he was subject to an electronically-monitored 7pm curfew. He was then dragged into his own car by the three assailants, who were all wearing balaclavas, and driven around in the Ford Fiesta for roughly an hour-and-a-half while the attack continued - leaving him 'dazed' and with blood pouring from his nose. READ MORE: Loaded and 'racked' gun found in teen's man bag during raid Daniel Travers, prosecuting, described how the dad was repeatedly punched in the face at his front door before a shotgun was jabbed into his chest. The thugs laughed and joked as they were handed lengthy prison terms at Liverpool Crown Court this afternoon, Thursday.Ī trial previously heard that Jacob Clough-Massey was taken at gunpoint from his flat on Lakenheath Road in Halewood at around 5pm on December 15 2020. The victim was blasted in the leg with a shotgun and abandoned on a dark and secluded country lane, having been held against his will for hours by masked men Carl MacDowall, Carlton Mullen and Kieran Kristensen. A man was kidnapped and shot by a gang who demanded a ransom after his relative scooped a £50,000 jackpot.

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