Men who murdered teen, 19, in 'cold-blooded shooting' pictured for first time
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Two men who murdered a teenager in a sickening 'cold-blooded' public execution have been pictured for the first time. Martin Wilson, 37, and Connor Smith, 26, were found guilty on Tuesday of the murder of 19-year-old Nyle Corrigan, who was fatally shot in the back in Stockbridge Village, Merseyside on November 12 2020 after a row over a £60 debt got "out of hand". Mr Corrigan was ambushed by the two men, who arrived on the scene on foot wearing masks and carrying a Glock self-loading pistol.
They shot him at around 6.30pm, and Mr Corrigan died at the scene around 50 minutes later. The two gunmen were also convicted of conspiracy to possess a 9mm Glock self-loading pistol with intent to endanger life. The two murderers had been on trial along with Jamie Coggins, 28, and Anthony Llewellyn, 25, who were both also charged with murder, reports the Liverpool Echo. After 12 hours and eight minutes of deliberations the jury of six men and five women cleared the two men of murder, though Coggins was convicted of assisting an offender.
At Liverpool Crown Court, the prosecution told how Mr Corrigan had fallen out with an associate of Wilson's, named Liam Cohen, when he had failed to pay back a £60 debt. Mr Corrigan and Mr Cohen's partner had traded insults on Facebook, an act said by the prosecution to have "incensed" Wilson and Smith in the days leading up to the killing.
In CCTV footage shown to the jury, Mr Corrigan could be seen riding along a residential street on his bicycle before the two masked men step out and shoot him. Mr Corrigan is then seen staggering along before falling to the ground, where the two killers appear to say something to him before leaving on his bike. Richard Wright KC, prosecuting, told the jury: "This was not some random act of street violence. It was rather a targeted and planned attack, executed with ruthless efficiency by a team who had staked out the location knowing that their victim was due to be there.".
