Salford's 'Mr Big' grew up in a tough part of town, according to a 2015 report by the BBC.

Among Salford's underworld, Fellows was known as 'The Iceman'. The verdict Wednesday closes the curtain on a criminal saga with Shakespearean echoes of honor and betrayal that also seems ripped from the tawdriest pulp fiction. This week, 38-year-old Mark Fellows was convicted of murdering both Massey and one of his top associates as part of the bloody feud, The Guardian reported. The beef would continue to leave blood on the streets in the years after Massey's death. I pity the b-d who did it after.'Īccording to prosecutors, Massey's assassination was the first domino to fall in a gangland war between former members of a organized local crime outfit known as the A Team. I am prepared to face that – I know the stakes. 'I could be shot dead anytime,' Massey once reflected to a film crew. For decades, Massey was the elder statesman among Manchester's crooks, a self-styled, street-tough Robin Hood who once leveraged his reputation in an unsuccessful bid for Salford's mayor's office. Massey's nickname stemmed from his influence in Salford's criminal underworld, a scene of hoodlums and scammers with cartoonish monikers – such as 'The Psycho' and 'Cazza' – belying violent streaks. As word quickly races through Salford, friends and associates pour in behind the blue police tape, a flash vigil for the city's 'Mr Big'. Bleeding from 18 bullet holes, the fingers of his right hand blown off, Massey manages to make a phone call for help.

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