1 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:03,855 ON PHONE: 'My brother's just been shot. 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:07,535 'Michael? Mike? Mike? Wake up for me.' 3 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:10,295 KELLY ADAMS: A family make a desperate 999 call. 4 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:14,495 Somebody was outside, lurking in the dark, 5 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:17,895 and he was shot in the back without any warning. 6 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:24,815 I can't even process to think anybody having a grudge against him. 7 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:28,375 Forensics hold the secret to unlocking the case. 8 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:29,655 What they don't realise is, 9 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:32,935 the police can find information by other means. 10 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:34,295 When we have the phone itself, 11 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:36,615 we can extract the full range of data, 12 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:38,975 and this gives us a wider range of information. 13 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:43,655 We can link the firearm to a crime scene 14 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:46,335 because we can compare the markings. 15 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:48,215 From a forensic perspective, 16 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:51,255 that may help us put the killer in the crime scene. 17 00:01:41,960 --> 00:01:44,535 DOG BARKING, PHONE RINGING 18 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:50,935 He emerges from the kitchen. 19 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:54,455 just to my right, felt this rush, this roar. 20 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:56,295 GUNSHOT 21 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:58,055 I just knew that something was happening 22 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:00,055 that was a danger to our lives. 23 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:11,855 My mum was fast asleep upstairs. 24 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:16,095 I remember hearing these two bangs. It was louder than fireworks. 25 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:18,455 My brother just turned round and ran, 26 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:20,655 and my clad turned round and ran. 27 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:23,895 I looked behind me, and I seen these two holes in the window. 28 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:32,775 We made our way into the hallway, and I slammed the door shut. 29 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:34,975 He just looked at me, Michael, and said, "Dad." 30 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,975 Ancl then he slumped. 31 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,655 I just felt, you know, the full weight of him. 32 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:49,575 I was shouting at him, telling him to hold on for me, 33 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:51,935 telling him I love him, you know, shaking him, 34 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:54,735 saying, "|t's... It's not the time for you." 35 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:56,615 Didn't feel real at all. 36 00:02:56,640 --> 00:02:59,175 It was like everything was heightened, 37 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:01,695 and my vision went so weird and everything, 38 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:04,695 and my fight or flight kicked in, and I chose to fight. 39 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:10,855 There was a small hole in his chest. 40 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:13,575 We turned him over, and there was another hole there. 41 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:23,575 I tried to cover him, his holes, with my T-shirt, which didn't work. 42 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:26,775 That's when my clad started to do the chest compressions. 43 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:35,375 We didn't know if somebody was gonna come through the door, or... 44 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:38,735 ...gonna fire more than two bullets. 45 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:40,935 We were scurrying, and we were talking to Michael, 46 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:43,255 "Just stay with us, stay with us." 47 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:45,455 He seen... 48 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:51,055 was our terrified faces, and he was scared. He was terrified. 49 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:53,135 He didn't do wrong to nobody, 50 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:56,975 and I don't have a reason as to why this could have happened. 51 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:10,415 Within minutes, police surround the house. 52 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:11,735 It was armed response. 53 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:14,175 Looked out - helmets, rifles. 54 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:18,255 They just picked me and Josh up and took us into the living room. 55 00:04:18,280 --> 00:04:20,255 Ancl then, you know, through the crack in the door, 56 00:04:20,280 --> 00:04:24,575 I could see that there was people trying to keep Michael alive. 57 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:27,735 Our road was completely filled with blue lights. 58 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:29,895 It got taped off, and they took him away... 59 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:33,015 and put him on a stretcher. 60 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:34,335 I remember looking outside 61 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:36,935 and seeing all of his friends standing there, 62 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:39,735 all head in hands, just wondering what happened, 63 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:42,255 and they watched him get wheeled out. 64 00:04:42,280 --> 00:04:43,855 They said, erm... 65 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:51,175 "..Do you want to hear anything if he's... if... if we get any news, 66 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:52,655 "cos he's on the way to the hospital?" 67 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:56,455 Ancl I said, "Yes, please", and about ten minutes later, 68 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:58,015 he said, "|'m sorry, he's dead." 69 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:00,375 That was it. 70 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:02,095 My son's gone. 71 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:12,815 With the scene secured, CSls are called in. 72 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:17,735 A scene like this would appear initially very chaotic. 73 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:21,095 There's neighbours, there's fear for other members of the public. 74 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,935 You can see the blue flashing lights, you can hear the sirens, 75 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:25,535 the police tape go up, 76 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:27,735 the people in the white suits that are taking photos 77 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:30,735 of the key areas outside and inside the property. 78 00:05:31,840 --> 00:05:35,815 Sarah Thirkell is an expert in crime scene management. 79 00:05:35,840 --> 00:05:38,615 Forensically, it's really difficult. 80 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:41,575 There's been no contact between the offender and the victim. 81 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:43,215 The offender's been outside the house, 82 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:46,775 the victim's inside the house, so evidence will be really limited. 83 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,575 There may be footprints, there may be tyre marks, 84 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,215 there may be discarded cartridges from the gun. 85 00:05:53,280 --> 00:05:56,095 Detectives go door to door in search of leads. 86 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:59,295 The early stages of a police investigation 87 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:00,735 are absolutely essential. 88 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:02,215 They'll be speaking to neighbours 89 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:04,615 because the freshest memories are the most accurate ones. 90 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:07,535 Those people that may have witnessed something important, 91 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:10,495 but didn't know that they'd seen something important at the time, 92 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:12,535 and those are the type of people that can be crucial 93 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:15,135 to filling in the missing jigsaw parts for the police. 94 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:16,735 Before examining the family home, 95 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:19,855 CSls turn to Mikey's family for vital clues. 96 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:22,495 There may be a transfer of evidence from Mikey 97 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:25,015 onto his father and his brother because, obviously, 98 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:26,615 they're trying to preserve his life. 99 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:29,375 We would have to ensure that we'd seize their clothing, 100 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:32,735 swab their hands, which can be very traumatic, 101 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:36,655 but that may help us put the killer in the crime scene. 102 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:38,055 As the sun rises, 103 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:41,975 CSls search the garden for any traces of the shooter. 104 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:46,815 The area of concentration would always be on the outside scene first 105 00:06:46,840 --> 00:06:49,615 because you're dealing with weather conditions, 106 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:52,015 you're dealing with loss of evidence, so, you know, 107 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:54,095 footprints that might disappear. 108 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:56,295 There may be some dropped items by the offender 109 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:58,735 that may get contaminated really quickly. 110 00:06:58,760 --> 00:06:59,895 As a crime scene manager, 111 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:02,055 they're obviously important questions to ask - 112 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:04,215 Who are the offenders? 113 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:06,895 How did they get into the garden? 114 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,935 And where were they stood when the fatal shots were fired? 115 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:14,175 CSls search for any discarded components from the weapon. 116 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:15,615 When a gun is fired... GUNSHOT 117 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:17,975 ...the casing of the bullet pops out of the gun, 118 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:21,175 so from a forensic point of view, that's evidence left at the scene. 119 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:23,655 From a shooter's point of view, the last thing on their mind, 120 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:25,615 even if they're forensically aware, 121 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:28,695 is, "I need to find the bullet casing before I leave the scene." 122 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:32,175 But when the garden was searched there were no casings found. 123 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:34,855 It was quite frustrating, but you never stop looking. 124 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:38,055 Search officers with specialist equipment are called to the scene. 125 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:41,495 As they get to work, detectives get a lead. 126 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:43,335 One of the neighbours came forward 127 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:46,335 and said that they had their own CCTV footage 128 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:49,015 of two lads on a red electric bike around the time, 129 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:51,295 and thought that was suspicious. 130 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:54,735 That might have been the people that were responsible for this. 131 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:56,935 The team widen the CCTV search, 132 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:59,375 in the hope of getting a better look at the men, 133 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:02,095 and ask Mikey's family if they know who they are. 134 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:06,175 They asked me, "Do you know who could have clone this? 135 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:08,375 "What's happened? Why? 136 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:10,815 "Was it Michael they were going for in the first place?" 137 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:12,015 just didn't have anything. 138 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:14,175 There were so many unanswered questions. 139 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:15,735 We didn't know any answers. 140 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:26,095 20-year-old Michael Rainsford 141 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:28,215 has been murdered in front of his family. 142 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:32,495 A neighbour has recovered CCTV 143 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:35,415 of two suspicious men in the area at the time. 144 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:39,815 At the family home, officers continue to search 145 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:42,415 for any hidden traces left behind by the killers. 146 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:46,215 On all major crimes that I've ever worked on, 147 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:47,655 if evidence hasn't been found, 148 00:08:47,680 --> 00:08:49,895 you'd always get an extra team in to search, 149 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:51,615 who are trained searchers. 150 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:54,055 And these licenced search officers have access 151 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:56,855 to a lot of other equipment, so in this instance, 152 00:08:56,880 --> 00:09:00,575 the garden was searched a second time using metal detectors, 153 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:04,815 and they do a very systematic search, which takes hours and hours. 154 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:09,615 Leading the team is forensic firearms scientist Andre Horne. 155 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:13,215 In a case like this, we look for fired bullets, 156 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:14,895 fired cartridge cases, 157 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:18,095 bullet holes, and impact marks. 158 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:21,295 Those are the things that would assist us 159 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:24,295 in piecing together what had happened 160 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:26,535 and perhaps how it happened. 161 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:29,815 Andre examines the bullet holes 162 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:32,135 to determine where the shooter was standing. 163 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:35,255 In double-glazed windows, 164 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:38,455 when a bullet strikes a pane of glass, 165 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:39,935 it then fractures the glass, 166 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:43,415 and it carries with it not just itself, the bullet, 167 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:47,695 but also all those fragments from the first impact. 168 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:52,095 So the hole in the second pane of glass is bigger. 169 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:54,295 By looking at the holes 170 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:57,855 and seeing whether they are offset against one another, 171 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:02,255 that would then tell us if the shot had been fired at an angle, 172 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:04,975 either up or down or left or right. 173 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,255 And in this case, one of the shots had been fired 174 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:11,215 at almost right angles to the window, 175 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:16,375 and the inner hole was exactly centred within the outer hole. 176 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:20,415 The other hole, however, had slightly different setup. 177 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:25,615 The outer hole was further to the right than the inner hole, 178 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:30,215 which tells me that this shot had been fired from right to left. 179 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:34,695 The team target the search opposite the first bullet hole. 180 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:36,095 Hidden by the long grass, 181 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:39,095 they finally find what they're looking for... 182 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:41,415 two cartridge casings. 183 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:45,335 It was approximately four metres from the kitchen window, 184 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:47,535 and the second cartridge case, 185 00:10:47,560 --> 00:10:51,535 approximately a metre to the right of the first one. 186 00:10:51,560 --> 00:10:52,895 This is a massive breakthrough. 187 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:55,495 Obviously, there's potential forensic evidence on them. 188 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:57,335 There might be fingerprint evidence, 189 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:59,815 especially DNA evidence that you would also be able 190 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:03,215 to identify exactly what weapon's been used. 191 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:06,335 The cartridges are fast-tracked for forensic testing. 192 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:08,655 CSls continue their recovery. 193 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:12,255 Forensically, it's important to think about 194 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:14,495 what might have happened prior to the incident. 195 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:17,335 Have they done a recce of the premises? 196 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:21,575 So, have the offenders been to that location an hour before, 197 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:23,215 a day before, a couple of weeks before, 198 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:24,735 and looked through the window? 199 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:27,415 Have they been close to the window and touched the window? 200 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:29,575 And also, not only that, you have to think about, 201 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:31,135 how did they get into the garden? 202 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:32,855 Did they open the gate? Was the gate locked? 203 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:34,095 Did they jump over the fence? 204 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:36,335 They may well have snagged their clothing, 205 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:37,815 or there might well be some DNA 206 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:39,695 on the fence where they've climbed over. 207 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:43,775 So you don't just concentrate your efforts on the two bullet casings, 208 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:47,215 there's a lot of other areas in that garden 209 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:50,535 that can be examined for forensic evidence. 210 00:11:50,560 --> 00:11:53,495 Andre attends the postmortem to look for further clues. 211 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:59,175 The victim's body is an important source of information. 212 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:00,895 After taking the X-rays, 213 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:05,135 we were able to establish that he had two bullets in his body. 214 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:07,655 There were no exit wounds. 215 00:12:07,680 --> 00:12:11,135 One of the wounds was the mid-back, on the left side. 216 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:16,855 Ancl he also had an entry wound on the left side of his chest. 217 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:18,855 The bullets were recovered. 218 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:22,695 The one bullet had a slanted impact mark on the nose 219 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:26,175 of about 30, 35 degrees, 220 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:29,055 so I could tell that that was the bullet 221 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:32,055 that had been fired through the windows at an angle. 222 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:36,455 That was very important for us to work out what happened. 223 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:39,855 Andre collates his report with the findings from the crime scene. 224 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:44,175 It was my opinion, then, that Michael had been standing 225 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:47,455 in the kitchen, between the sink and the stove. 226 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:50,175 The shooter was four metres from the window. 227 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:53,615 When the first shot was fired at almost right angles, 228 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:56,055 it struck him in the back. 229 00:12:56,080 --> 00:13:01,215 Ancl that caused him to spin around on his way to the door 230 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:05,015 to get out of the kitchen, sufficiently for the second shot 231 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:07,495 to strike him in the left side of the chest. 232 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:13,495 Ancl because he had to move from right to left 233 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:15,135 to get out of the kitchen, 234 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:17,615 in order for the shooter to track him, 235 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:21,175 the shooter had also needed to change his position 236 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:25,655 from right to left to keep Michael in the sights. 237 00:13:25,680 --> 00:13:28,815 The fact that the shooter had moved 238 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:32,575 and shot Mikey a second time in a different location means, 239 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:35,255 quite importantly, that there was a lot of intent there, 240 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:39,735 and also that potentially the shooter had shot before. 241 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:42,415 The evidence tells police 242 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:45,455 that Mikey was deliberately targeted by his killers. 243 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:52,815 I can't even process to think anybody having a grudge against him. 244 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:57,015 Everyone knew him as such a charming young man, such a lovely boy. 245 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:59,655 He didn't do wrong to nobody. 246 00:13:59,680 --> 00:14:04,335 Michael was a very outgoing, pleasant, happy, 247 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:07,615 funny, caring person. 248 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:11,455 Ancl everybody loved him. He was just well-loved. 249 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:14,415 He was the best big brother you could ask for, really. 250 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:17,015 He was the glue to our family. 251 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:19,575 Without him, our family's just not the same. 252 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:25,615 I always looked up to him, still trying to be exactly who he was. 253 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:28,495 It was always, "Here's Mikey and little Mikey." 254 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:30,455 I was always called little Mikey. 255 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:33,175 We were that duo that were never apart. 256 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:37,855 He got into the skateboarding, that brought him out of his shell. 257 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:40,055 You know, he thrived there. 258 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,535 You'd always hear that noise of boards banging, 259 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:44,095 and that was the kid's way 260 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:46,055 of appreciating somebody else's talents. 261 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:49,775 Ancl I think that's what I enjoyed more than anything, 262 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:51,975 was going to these skate parks 263 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,535 and watching the faces of kids I'd never met, 264 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:56,775 and just seeing how good he was. 265 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:58,015 ON VIDEO: Yes! 266 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:09,415 Investigators turn to community intelligence to find a motive. 267 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:13,895 Michael lived in the Litherland area, just north of Liverpool. 268 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:16,855 It's an area that's kind of built on the industrial heritage 269 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:19,055 of the clocks, which are nearby. 270 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:20,295 Lots of wonderful families. 271 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:21,975 There are nice estates and nice areas. 272 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,895 But, sadly, there are elements of deprivation. 273 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:26,855 The network of estates in which Michael lived in 274 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:29,095 were very much the heartland of the gang 275 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:32,255 that was known quite widely as the Kirkstone Riot Squad, 276 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:33,615 and at this time, 277 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:37,855 were having trouble with a gang called the Linacre Young Guns. 278 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:40,695 They both had a degree of organisation around violence, 279 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:43,455 to protect their own business interests, essentially, 280 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:44,815 which is the drugs trade. 281 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:47,495 As they look to expand their networks, 282 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:49,695 in the hope of expanding their profits, 283 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:52,775 they step onto other people's patches, where they sell drugs. 284 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:56,295 It's quite easy, then, to understand why you then may have conflict 285 00:15:56,320 --> 00:16:01,095 in two particular postcodes because everybody's fighting for space, 286 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:04,095 territory, and ensuring that their respect 287 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:08,415 and their name is known in a particular area. 288 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:11,255 The Rainsford family home is in the middle of the estate 289 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:13,495 dominated by the Kirkstone Riot Squad. 290 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:17,375 Police need to determine if this is relevant 291 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:19,655 to the murder investigation. 292 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:23,815 Mikey's family recall a previous incidents involving local gangs. 293 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:27,815 About a year earlier, on a summer night, 294 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:32,455 him and his friends just sitting outside the communal flats. 295 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:35,375 Without warning, a motorbike came round the corner 296 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:37,055 and rode straight at them. 297 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:38,895 Because he had a bike, 298 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:41,215 he couldn't run into the flat with his mates. 299 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:44,735 He had to ride away, and they even started chasing him. 300 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:48,775 There was two people on the bike, and one of them had a machete. 301 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:54,055 I remember him coming home, pale in the face, out of breath, 302 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:55,895 look like he'd been so shook up. 303 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:58,295 He said, "Lock the doors." 304 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:03,255 Ancl I turned round cos I heard this, the roar of an engine, so loud. 305 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:04,775 Ancl I look out the window, 306 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,855 and I see these two lads on the back of a bike. 307 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:11,895 He came into the front garden and actually took the mountain bike 308 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:14,695 and put it on his shoulder and rode off. 309 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:16,895 I didn't have a clue what was happening, or why. 310 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:19,735 That's what these people do for fun. 311 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:22,175 I think that they get an enjoyment out of it. 312 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:24,575 We logged it, reported it, told the police. 313 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:29,135 And, erm, Michael said to me, he said, 314 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:31,055 "I don't like living round here, Dad." 315 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:34,335 If we'd have took it seriously enough, 316 00:17:34,360 --> 00:17:36,375 or we'd have just decided to move, 317 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:38,575 but there was never ever another incident, 318 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:40,535 and we never really talked about it again, 319 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:42,655 but I don't think they were linked. 320 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:47,935 Police need to determine if Mikey has links to any local gangs. 321 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:50,815 The reality is that, 322 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:53,695 when you have incidents like this, of this very nature, 323 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:55,535 you can quickly piece together an idea 324 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:57,695 as to why the person may have been targeted. 325 00:17:57,720 --> 00:17:59,055 The people who are involved 326 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:01,615 are normally involved in a similar background. 327 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:02,895 The context is crime. 328 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:05,535 The police will be looking for strong evidential links 329 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:07,935 between Mike and with gangs from the surrounding areas. 330 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:12,175 CSls search Mikey's belongings for clues. 331 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:15,895 The police had to investigate every avenue. 332 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:20,375 Obviously, one of them involves checking on his lifestyle, 333 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:23,535 checking his bedroom, checking his bank accounts. 334 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:25,775 Michael had £1.10 in his pocket. 335 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:31,255 They didn't find a single thing, no money, no weapons, 336 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:34,495 no drugs, no paraphernalia, no nothing. 337 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:38,735 There was absolutely nothing that showed him to be... 338 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:40,935 that type of person, because he wasn't. 339 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:45,375 JOE: Became quite clear this wasn't your typical victim of gun crime. 340 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:48,775 You know, this was a young lad that had pursued his education. 341 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:51,135 A popular, bright, talented young lad 342 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:54,135 who had no real backdrop to criminal activity. 343 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:57,655 He wasn't somebody that you could find an obvious reason 344 00:18:57,680 --> 00:18:59,575 as to why something as serious 345 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:01,375 and as poisonous as this had happened. 346 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:07,375 Back in the lab, forensics are examining the cartridge casings. 347 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:08,855 Once I had the opportunity 348 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:11,735 to examine the cartridge cases at the laboratory, 349 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:14,015 I was able to determine 350 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:16,295 that they had both been discharged in the same firearm - 351 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:20,015 a 9mm short-calibre self-loading pistol, 352 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:26,295 most likely a Makarov-style pistol of Russian origin. 353 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:29,655 Ancl we could tell that from the firing marks that had been left 354 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:32,215 on the cartridge cases and the bullets. 355 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:35,055 Finding the gun is the investigation's best chance 356 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:37,615 of identifying Mikey's killers. 357 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:41,855 We can associate a firearm with a person 358 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:45,015 from the DNA recovered from a firearm. 359 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:49,655 Ancl then, of course, we can link the firearm to a crime scene 360 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:52,375 because we can compare the markings. 361 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:55,695 So, the striation marks, or scratch marks, 362 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:58,095 on the casing is unique to that gun, 363 00:19:58,120 --> 00:20:00,775 so it's almost like a fingerprint for the gun. 364 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:04,215 So, if you can find the gun that it was fired from 365 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:06,735 and do test shots, you're able to match the bullets back. 366 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:10,455 We had cartridge cases from the scene. 367 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:13,095 We had bullets from the autopsy. 368 00:20:13,120 --> 00:20:16,095 And both were then used 369 00:20:16,120 --> 00:20:20,335 for comparing to a database of firearms 370 00:20:20,360 --> 00:20:23,135 and shooting incidents in the country. 371 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:25,335 Ancl some links had been made. 372 00:20:25,360 --> 00:20:28,335 This gun had been linked to two other shooting incidents 373 00:20:28,360 --> 00:20:33,975 in the Merseyside region prior to Michael's shooting. 374 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:37,335 Once that gun's been utilised in a particular crime, 375 00:20:37,360 --> 00:20:38,615 rather than get rid of it, 376 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:40,815 they sell it on to another group of individuals, 377 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:43,015 because, essentially, it's like a car - 378 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:45,375 you use the car, you burn out the mileage, 379 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:47,535 you sell it for whatever price that you can get it for, 380 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:48,535 and you move on. 381 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:54,615 Licensed search officers look in all nearby bins, drains, 382 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:56,855 and parkland for the gun, 383 00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:59,055 and detectives speak to members of the community. 384 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:02,415 People are worried about snitching, 385 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:05,455 simply because there's repercussions that come with that. 386 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:09,055 There's an unseen code, or unknown law, within communities 387 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:11,335 that when you cooperate with the authorities, 388 00:21:11,360 --> 00:21:12,895 there's things that can happen. 389 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:15,615 And what often times happens is that wall of silence. 390 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:17,975 And, as the police will say, 391 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,455 that wall of silence is one of the hardest things 392 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:23,735 because people in the community want justice, they want peace, 393 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:26,695 they want their communities and streets to be safe, 394 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:30,535 but how can they be safe if you're not willing to break the silence? 395 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:33,535 But the murder of Michael crossed a threshold that just led 396 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:36,135 to an overwhelming reaction of people saying, 397 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:39,095 "You know what, regardless of the idea of snitches get stitches, 398 00:21:39,120 --> 00:21:42,375 "|'m willing to kind of put myself at risk to try and help this family, 399 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:46,615 "this upstanding family within their own community to get justice." 400 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:49,655 We were told by a fellow officer at the time 401 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:55,455 that they had received over 100 phone calls the same clay, 402 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:56,895 giving information in. 403 00:21:56,920 --> 00:22:00,775 Everybody spoke out. Everybody helped. 404 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:04,695 They had given the same two pseudonyms again and again - 405 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:07,375 Pip and Worm. 406 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:11,015 Detectives use police intelligence to find their true identities. 407 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:16,615 If they can identify who that is quickly, 408 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:19,135 then they can take massive strides in their investigation, 409 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:21,495 ancl that potentially leads them to the perpetrator. 410 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:31,735 After appealing for information 411 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:35,255 about the shooting of 20-year-old Mikey Rainsford, 412 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:40,415 police have been told his killers go by the nicknames Pip and Worm. 413 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:42,295 I didn't have a clue who they were. 414 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:46,535 Because of the area, you hear things, you hear names, 415 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:49,535 but I didn't have a clue who they were. 416 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:52,695 Detectives run the pseudonyms against police intelligence 417 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:54,215 and get a result. 418 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:58,895 They are identified as brothers James and Michael Foy. 419 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:03,735 JOE: They did carry a reputation. 420 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:06,135 Michael Foy, who's the older of the two brothers, you know, 421 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:08,495 I'd previously sat in court with him 422 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:11,295 whilst he got jailed for a previous drug offence. 423 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:13,535 Within that case, he was named as being linked 424 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:16,615 to the gang called the Linacre Young Guns. 425 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:18,815 Michael Foy's younger brotherjames 426 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:22,055 is also found to have links to criminality. 427 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:25,095 There's a hit against him on the National DNA Database. 428 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:29,975 Related to the finding of a gun that was discovered not far 429 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:33,895 from where the Foys lived in November 2019, 430 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:36,895 so some five months before the murder. 431 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:40,495 The firearm was a Grand Power K100. 432 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:42,855 It's a Slovakian pistol, 433 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:45,775 and it is not the same calibre of firearm 434 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:48,455 that was used to shoot Michael Rainsford. 435 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:49,975 It's a more powerful calibre. 436 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:54,135 So, there's normally a joint fingerprint and DNA examination, 437 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:55,815 and it's done of a weapon. And normally, 438 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:57,655 the areas that have been handled and touched, 439 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:00,055 like the grip, the trigger mechanism 440 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:01,815 are swabbed for DNA 441 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:04,535 because they're too rough to get fingerprints on, 442 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:06,695 and also, potentially, they're too small. 443 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:08,175 So, in this case, 444 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:11,255 there were four different profiles found on this gun. 445 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:14,495 The strongest profile was found on the magazine of the gun, 446 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:16,655 and this came back to James Foy. 447 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:21,175 It was recovered with more than 20 rounds of ammunition, 448 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:26,495 and that only one of the cartridges was in fact compatible with the gun, 449 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:31,695 that could perhaps mean that he had access to more than one firearm. 450 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:34,175 He wasn't convicted, but it could show that, 451 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:36,935 for months before the murder of Michael, 452 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:39,855 James Foy was already caught up in this type of activity. 453 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:42,215 He was already having access to firearms. 454 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:45,015 He was already involved in the type of gangland activity 455 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:47,175 that had the potential to lead to something as serious 456 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:48,775 as the murder of Michael Rainsford. 457 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:51,335 When we're talking about urban youth crime, 458 00:24:51,360 --> 00:24:53,015 and especially things like gangs, 459 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:55,455 individuals that are involved in drug trade, 460 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,975 guns tends to be a thing that comes hand in hand. 461 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:03,015 Having a gun shows more superiority, as it relates to holding a knife. 462 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:06,095 Loads of young people carry knives, but when you hold the gun, 463 00:25:06,120 --> 00:25:09,535 having a gun brings a different type of power. 464 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:12,175 Despite the Foy brothers' criminal history, 465 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:14,975 the team need evidence linking them to Mikey's murder. 466 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:19,775 Turning to police intelligence to find out more about the pair, 467 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:21,455 the team discover an incident 468 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:23,895 that took place an hour before the shooting. 469 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:27,335 JOE: There's a PC who was driving past 470 00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:28,735 the area in which the Foys live. 471 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:30,295 She looked down the street, 472 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:32,615 and she saw two males on an electric bike, 473 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:35,575 which are quite often used by criminals 474 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:38,575 in order to transport drugs and guns. 475 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:41,655 She's suspicious. She goes to have a look down that street. 476 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:43,695 She witnesses quite a commotion. 477 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:46,735 That was because the house had had its windows put through with bricks. 478 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:51,295 The officer took a witness statement. 479 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:26,855 A brick has been thrown at the home of James and Michael Foy. 480 00:26:29,120 --> 00:26:31,015 When we talk about gangs and urban groups, 481 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:32,375 status is everything. 482 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:34,615 A brick thrown through a window, 483 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:38,375 through the lens of an individual that's a part of a gang or a group, 484 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:40,175 that's a high level of disrespect. 485 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:42,495 JOE: They want to protect their reputations. 486 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:44,375 If they feel slighted in any way, 487 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:47,895 their response will quite quickly lead to violence. 488 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:50,575 That's how their reputation thrives and exists, 489 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:52,895 mainly through fear and intimidation, and, 490 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:55,255 "|f you come at me, I'll come back at you, twice as hard." 491 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:01,815 The incident gives police a potential motive for Mikey's murder. 492 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:05,935 If the Foys suspected he was involved, 493 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:08,535 the shooting could be an act of revenge. 494 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:12,855 That could potentially be circumstantial evidence, 495 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:16,135 but what you really need is crucial piece of evidence 496 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:19,455 that connected the Foys to Michael Rainsford. 497 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:22,895 The team request his cell site data to track his movements. 498 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:27,775 It's really important to, obviously, to treat the victim as a victim, 499 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,455 but also, you need to look into any communication 500 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:33,335 with these potential offenders or any other gang members. 501 00:27:33,360 --> 00:27:37,335 And also, there may be other phone data on Mikey's phone 502 00:27:37,360 --> 00:27:39,135 that may be pertinent to the investigation. 503 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:42,135 With very little forensic evidence, 504 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:45,335 the SlOs main thrust of the investigation 505 00:27:45,360 --> 00:27:47,975 would then be towards the digital side, 506 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,655 trawl of CCTV, social media, 507 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:53,175 to see if there's any intelligence that comes up. 508 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:55,095 Social media has had a massive impact 509 00:27:55,120 --> 00:27:58,495 on police investigations over the past decade. 510 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:02,455 The proliferation of sites and Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, 511 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:03,575 all those others, as well. 512 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:05,375 It's often one of the most interesting places 513 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:06,455 for the police to go to 514 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:08,495 in the aftermath of an incident as serious as this. 515 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:11,375 And, actually, that kind of gives police an additional option 516 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:13,015 when they're looking for information. 517 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:16,895 The Foy brothers were very well-known on their local estate 518 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:20,375 for riding round terrorising the local residents 519 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:21,775 on electric motorbikes. 520 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:24,535 There was a lot of photographs on social media about the bikes, 521 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:27,815 but, interestingly, one of the bikes was red in colour, 522 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:31,535 just like a witness stated that there was a red bike at the scene. 523 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:33,055 So finding that red bike 524 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:35,695 becomes a really important part of the investigation 525 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:38,855 because there's a wealth of forensic evidence that might be on that bike. 526 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:43,935 Having completed the forensic harvest of the crime scene, 527 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:46,575 the Rainsford home is returned to the family. 528 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:50,975 We made the decision to give it a try to come home... 529 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:55,695 ...but there was glass everywhere in the kitchen. 530 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:58,535 The half-eaten birthday cake was still there. 531 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:02,335 The trauma to walk past that window to wash dishes 532 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:04,735 and know that everything we ever did in the house, 533 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:06,255 Michael was a part of it. 534 00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:08,855 That was my home since I ever known. 535 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:11,935 Millions of memories made there with my brother, with my family. 536 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:16,895 it just took away a part of me that I'm never gonna get back. 537 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:22,695 Two days on from Mikey's murder, 538 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:26,975 police are granted a search warrant for the Foy's family home. 539 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,535 The purpose of the house search is to search for any evidence 540 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:33,775 that may link that offender back to the crime scene, 541 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:38,015 so there's always, like, a list of priority items that might be found. 542 00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:41,015 You would obviously be searching for a weapon, an electric bike, 543 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:44,335 mobile phone, or potential clothing. 544 00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:46,735 None of the items of interest were found, 545 00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:48,655 then that obviously arouses suspicion. 546 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:49,935 Where is this bike? 547 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:52,815 Hypothesis is, well, maybe they're not involved in the incident, 548 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:55,815 but also, another hypothesis is, well, they are involved in incident, 549 00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:58,015 but they've got rid of those items in question, 550 00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:02,295 that maybe there's further scenes that need finding and examining. 551 00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:04,095 The warrant also allows police 552 00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:07,575 to seize the Foy family's mobile phones. 553 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:11,415 Now, one of the slightly bizarre and surreal coincidences 554 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:14,735 is they would have you believe Michael Rainsford was shot dead 555 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,895 just after 1 1 o'clock on the night of April the 7th. 556 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:20,695 Over the course of April the 8th, both brothers and their mum 557 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:23,255 managed to somehow lose their phones. 558 00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:26,175 It's very clear to see why suspicions were raised 559 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:27,655 within the police. 560 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:30,455 If they are involved, that shows a certain level 561 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:32,815 of forensic intelligence by the offenders, 562 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:35,415 that they know to get rid of items, but what they don't realise is, 563 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:37,735 just because they don't have the phone itself, 564 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:39,935 the police can find information by other means. 565 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:45,335 Mobile phones now store so much about our lives 566 00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:48,335 that they really are almost like a personal diary. 567 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:51,015 'In a case like this, 568 00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:53,535 'where we don't have access to the phone itself, 569 00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:56,815 'you can go to the service providers and get the call logs, 570 00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:59,935 'which will give us a breakdown of when calls were made, 571 00:30:59,960 --> 00:31:01,455 'the cell site towers that were used, 572 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:04,015 'the locations, and other data. 573 00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:06,175 'It's important to identify where people were 574 00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:08,215 'just before the murder took place.' 575 00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:11,775 There's no better way of doing this than cell site analysis. 576 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:14,055 In order for a phone to communicate, 577 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:16,575 it sends and receives a signal to the nearest 578 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:20,295 of the 1.5 million cell site towers across the country. 579 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:23,055 These cell site towers 580 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:25,455 are continually sending and receiving data. 581 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:28,575 When we're looking at where perpetrators may have been, 582 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:32,815 cell site location can give us a rough proximity 583 00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:34,935 that can tell us they were within a few streets. 584 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:38,415 The data shows that the Foy's mum called James 585 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:41,255 minutes after the brick was thrown into their window. 586 00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:44,935 James then immediately calls his brother. 587 00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:46,895 When looking at cell site data, 588 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:51,735 we can compare different people's traffic and see where they overlap. 589 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:53,055 When they overlap, 590 00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:56,015 it's likely that they were together or in a close proximity. 591 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,655 Those movements of those devices suggested the pair, 592 00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:03,055 who were at opposite ends of Sefton, decided to meet up with each other, 593 00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:05,775 go home, and then move to the murder scene. 594 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:09,495 They were able to look at CCTV 595 00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:11,815 along those suspected routes of those mobile phones 596 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:14,815 to see if the two mirrored each other. 597 00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:17,335 They could find corresponding CCTV images 598 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:19,615 for the same time, in the same areas, 599 00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:22,535 showing two males on the back of an electric bike. 600 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:24,535 It's a massive breakthrough. 601 00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:26,695 It's really important for the crime scene manager 602 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:28,335 to view that CCTV evidence, 603 00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:30,735 to see where they were at the scene, 604 00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:33,695 what routes they took, what the offenders were wearing. 605 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:36,415 There's potential forensic evidence that might be found 606 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:37,735 on those items of clothing. 607 00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:39,775 There's not gonna be any contact trace evidence 608 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:42,335 because the offenders haven't been in close contact 609 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:44,335 with the victim, but they've fired a gun. 610 00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:46,575 There may well be gunshot residue. 611 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:48,335 Following up on intelligence, 612 00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:52,575 licensed search officers raid other homes on the Foy street. 613 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:54,535 While they look for any hidden evidence, 614 00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:57,535 the results from Mikey's cell site data are in. 615 00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:02,855 His phone was tracked, along with everybody else's phone... 616 00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:06,215 ...and his phone was in our house, 617 00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:08,895 and it went from our house to an ambulance. 618 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:11,255 Ancl then, when the police received his phone, 619 00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:13,135 it was in... it was in the mortuary. 620 00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:16,215 JOE: The police explored all the avenues that were open to them - 621 00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:20,455 his mobile phone cell site data, to speaking to witnesses, 622 00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:23,735 it's very, very clear that Michael had absolutely no involvement 623 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:25,535 in that brick attack in the first place. 624 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:28,655 In a neighbouring house, 625 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:32,335 search officers find a bag of clothes hidden by the Foys. 626 00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:35,615 It's fast-tracked to the lab for gunshot-residue analysis. 627 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:41,335 Gunshot residue is chemical trace elements 628 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:44,415 that result when a cartridge is discharged. 629 00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:49,615 It is quite unique, and it is deposited on surfaces 630 00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:53,335 that are in close proximity to a firearm when it is discharged. 631 00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:57,095 Samples obtained from the examination of the garment 632 00:33:57,120 --> 00:34:01,015 will be analysed with an electron microscope. 633 00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:02,895 JOE: Now, what's quite interesting is the fact 634 00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:05,975 that they did find some gunshot residue on the coat, 635 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:09,295 but they found some... very, very few particles. 636 00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:12,495 Because of how few there were, they couldn't specifically say 637 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:15,135 that coat had been worn during a shooting. 638 00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:17,975 It's not possible for a forensic scientist to say 639 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:21,295 that's conclusive evidence, so it's a bittersweet moment. 640 00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:24,055 It's not enough to be able to charge somebody. 641 00:34:24,080 --> 00:34:26,815 I would imagine the police would have found that quite frustrating 642 00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:28,775 and desperate to find further evidence 643 00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:30,735 to be able to nail the offenders. 644 00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:33,895 JOE: They had a lots of things they could go, 645 00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:37,495 "When you add all these things up, how could it not be them?" 646 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:39,855 But what you really need, that final piece of information, 647 00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:42,495 around which they could build the rest of their storyline. 648 00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:46,735 The team double down their efforts to recover the Foy's phone data 649 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:49,255 by targeting their associates' devices. 650 00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:52,775 In this case, the Foys and their mum had got rid of their phones, 651 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:54,975 but it's also really important to then find the phones 652 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:56,495 they'd been communicating with. 653 00:34:56,520 --> 00:35:00,095 There may be further intelligence and evidence on the other phones. 654 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:05,175 On one device, experts recover a social media post of interest. 655 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:08,215 So, the way in which Snapchat works, if you put a message on there, 656 00:35:08,240 --> 00:35:11,375 it will... quite often, it will disappear after 24 hours. 657 00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:13,095 But if people interact with it, 658 00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:16,095 it can leave almost a forensic trail on people's phones. 659 00:35:16,120 --> 00:35:18,295 When an expert goes in to analyse it, 660 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:20,775 they can find traces of that interaction. 661 00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:23,855 What they found was, that on April the 7th, 662 00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:27,095 that this individual had responded to a Snapchat message 663 00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:30,175 from the account that was known to be operated by James Foy, 664 00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:31,975 in which he had put an image of the bike 665 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:34,175 that was known to be involved in the shooting, 666 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:37,535 a bike that was known to be owned by the Foy brothers, 667 00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:42,415 and within it was the caption, "Tell ye mar duck don't use bricks." 668 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:44,455 Two bang emojis. 669 00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:47,135 Bricks had gone through the window of their own mum's address. 670 00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:49,295 Well, in response, they were gonna do something else. 671 00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:50,695 They were warning, essentially, 672 00:35:50,720 --> 00:35:52,455 that their next victim's mum to duck 673 00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:54,415 cos something was coming through their window. 674 00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:55,815 It wasn't gonna be bricks. 675 00:35:55,840 --> 00:36:00,255 Sometimes, social media creates narcissistic tendencies, 676 00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:01,775 so when you post on platforms 677 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:05,735 like Snapchat, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, 678 00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:09,975 often times, it's about, "Look at me, look at me, look at me." 679 00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:14,615 Which goes back to the conversations about status, respect, being known, 680 00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:16,495 being seen, being heard. 681 00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:19,415 In a little community within Liverpool, 682 00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:23,855 you can make the world know who you are through Snapchat. 683 00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:28,295 The message supports the police's hypothesis 684 00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:29,935 that this was a revenge attack... 685 00:36:31,720 --> 00:36:34,415 ...though why Mikey was targeted remains unknown. 686 00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:39,895 The Foy brothers are arrested on suspicion of murder. 687 00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:47,895 Honestly, knowing he was arrested, I can't even say I was relieved. 688 00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:50,295 I definitely felt safer. 689 00:36:51,720 --> 00:36:55,935 But every other feeling that I felt still felt the same 690 00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:58,415 because my brother was no longer there. 691 00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:00,295 My role model, my big brother. 692 00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:01,855 just cos they've been arrested, 693 00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:03,375 that doesn't mean he's gonna come back. 694 00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:08,055 In custody, police questioned the brothers. 695 00:37:09,240 --> 00:37:11,375 Michael Foy says he was with his partner 696 00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:12,855 on the night of Mikey's murder. 697 00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:17,975 Police askjames Foy about the previous gun allegation. 698 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:19,935 He says he's never seen the gun 699 00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:23,455 and claims his DNA must have been transferred from another object. 700 00:37:25,720 --> 00:37:28,655 JOE: The Foys played their cards very close to their chest, 701 00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:30,535 and essentially answered "no comment" 702 00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:32,735 to the vast majority of the questions. 703 00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:35,775 If you were arrested on suspicion of murder and you hadn't clone it, 704 00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:37,055 surely you'd be there saying, 705 00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:39,855 "No, I was here, I was there, I was doing this, I was doing that." 706 00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:42,055 If you say, "No comment"... 707 00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:44,735 well, maybe that's because you've got something to hide. 708 00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:46,495 Despite their refusal to speak, 709 00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:49,695 the wealth of evidence means both are charged with murder. 710 00:37:49,720 --> 00:37:53,735 Mikey's family prepare to face them for the first time in court. 711 00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:58,815 I wanted to look both of them in the eyes the whole time, just... 712 00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:00,095 I just wanted them to know... 713 00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:04,535 ...who we were as a family and what they'd clone to us. 714 00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:18,135 Six months after being charged with the murder 715 00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:21,375 of 20-year-old skateboarder Mikey Rainsford, 716 00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:23,295 the trial againstjames Foy 717 00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:26,015 and older brother Michael Foy begins. 718 00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:31,615 The communities of Seaforth and surrounding areas... 719 00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:35,095 ...were all breathing a sigh of relief... 720 00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:40,895 ...that hopefully these animals had finally been taken off the street. 721 00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:43,015 The evidence is presented to the jury. 722 00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:47,375 When cases go to trial, they can be incredibly intense 723 00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:48,655 and quite stressful. 724 00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:51,375 You're never quite sure how the jury's gonna react, 725 00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:54,255 especially to a huge amount of evidence. 726 00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:56,495 It's the mobile phone cell site analysis, 727 00:38:56,520 --> 00:38:59,655 and it's the CCTV images, 728 00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:01,855 they suggest that the brothers met up with each other 729 00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:04,575 on a red electric bike and then went over to the area 730 00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:06,055 in which Michael Rainsford lived, 731 00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:08,575 around the same time that the gun was fired. 732 00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:11,455 The prosecuting barrister details, 733 00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:13,695 "The rider waited outside the address, 734 00:39:13,720 --> 00:39:16,655 "while the other climbed over the gate to the back garden 735 00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:19,015 "and lay in wait for his target with a loaded gun." 736 00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:24,975 Tragically, the two gunshots are heard on nearby CCTV. 737 00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:27,255 GUNSHOT 738 00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:28,695 GUNSHOT 739 00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:34,375 Although only one of the Foys pulled the trigger, 740 00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:36,935 the prosecution argues both are to blame, 741 00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:39,655 as the brothers were out intent on retribution. 742 00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:46,255 It was an organised gang member who decided... 743 00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:50,655 ...that he wasn't gonna accept his window being broken... 744 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:56,935 ...and he was going to dish out retribution... 745 00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:59,535 to somebody, anybody... 746 00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:02,535 to show what kind of person he was. 747 00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:04,735 One of many tragic elements of this case 748 00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:07,535 is the fact that, whilst police had the motive for the murder, 749 00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:10,575 it's clear that Michael died as a result of that incident, 750 00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:13,735 but had absolutely nothing to do with it. 751 00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:16,815 Police suspect someone known to both the Foys and Mikey 752 00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:19,095 pointed the finger at him... 753 00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:21,095 but why remains unknown. 754 00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:25,215 I was told that, "All your questions are gonna be answered 755 00:40:25,240 --> 00:40:27,455 "throughout this trial." 756 00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:28,935 Sadly, they weren't. 757 00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:31,855 It haunts me every clay. 758 00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:35,215 It's clear that, after the Foy's home was bricked, 759 00:40:35,240 --> 00:40:37,495 their gut instinct, their reaction was, 760 00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:40,535 "Well, it's probably by someone from our rival gang." 761 00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:44,375 So, going to their rival gang's turf was probably a natural reaction. 762 00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:47,815 Now, when you looked at the CCTV, you could see them peering 763 00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:51,175 over a back garden gate, looking into another property. 764 00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:53,575 It suggests that they weren't necessarily set 765 00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:56,495 on an address to target when they set out there, 766 00:40:56,520 --> 00:40:59,015 which adds more questions about how they ended up 767 00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:01,455 at Michael's address in the first place. 768 00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:05,695 Street gangs do feel that notion of, "Nobody can touch me." 769 00:41:05,720 --> 00:41:08,855 And that may help to explain why you have sporadic violence. 770 00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:11,615 They don't care about forensics and stuff like that 771 00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:14,135 because, maybe at some point, 772 00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:15,895 they actually think they're untouchable. 773 00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:17,615 Michael was in the kitchen, 774 00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:22,135 and he had absolutely no idea that somebody was outside, 775 00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:23,135 lurking in the dark. 776 00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:26,455 Ancl he was shot in the back. 777 00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:29,735 For me, that is perhaps cowardly, 778 00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:33,095 and I could just imagine how traumatic 779 00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:34,935 that must have been for Michael's family. 780 00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:39,855 The jury retire. 781 00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:42,815 16 hours and 20 minutes later, 782 00:41:42,840 --> 00:41:45,295 both brothers are found guilty of Mikey's murder. 783 00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:49,735 It was all over a broken window, which he didn't do. 784 00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:54,295 When the trial actually finished, 785 00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:57,415 he said, "We'll be out in a few years, 786 00:41:57,440 --> 00:41:59,535 "but your Mikey will still be in the ground." 787 00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:01,895 Ancl that stuck with me. 788 00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:04,775 At the sentencing, 789 00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:09,015 Mikey's family are in for one more heartbreaking detail. 790 00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:11,735 James Foy actually admitted to be the one 791 00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:13,655 that pulled the trigger of the gun, 792 00:42:13,680 --> 00:42:16,735 I'm assuming in an attempt to lessen his sentence 793 00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:19,855 and put the blame more on himself rather than his brother. 794 00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:22,175 That doesn't necessarily help the family. 795 00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:24,415 It does give them a degree of closure 796 00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:26,855 over that chapter in their life, 797 00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:29,255 but it won't bring anyone back, and that's heartbreaking. 798 00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:33,935 What I'll never come to terms with, the senselessness of it - 799 00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:38,935 of being murdered for something that he had nothing to do with. 800 00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:40,335 Ancl it'd destroy your family. 801 00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:46,695 Michael Foy is sentenced to life, with a minimum of 30 years. 802 00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:51,095 James Foy is also convicted of possession of a gun 803 00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:54,775 and sentenced to life, with a minimum of 28 years. 804 00:42:56,400 --> 00:42:59,495 Afterwards, I was called a grass. 805 00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:01,175 I received death threats. 806 00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:03,415 I got added into a group chat, 807 00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:05,255 and there was quite a lot of people in there, 808 00:43:05,280 --> 00:43:09,575 just hurling insults, horrible, horrible, horrible things. 809 00:43:09,600 --> 00:43:12,095 Pictures of clogs... 810 00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:14,135 shitting on Michael's grave. 811 00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:17,175 "We'll put two bullets in your chest, 812 00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:19,375 "just like we did to your Mikey." 813 00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:23,415 They murdered Michael. They terrorised us. 814 00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:28,975 We couldn't stay. We had to move house. 815 00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:30,215 We loved that house. 816 00:43:30,240 --> 00:43:32,135 We had a million memories 817 00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:35,175 of all the things we did as a family. 818 00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:36,975 You know, your Christmases, your birthdays, 819 00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:38,855 trampolines, swimming pools. 820 00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:43,175 Countless memories just taken away by... 821 00:43:44,520 --> 00:43:46,895 ...evil that just decided to... 822 00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:49,375 choose our house, choose Michael. 823 00:43:54,080 --> 00:43:56,335 I miss the arguments 824 00:43:56,360 --> 00:43:59,495 that you have with your brother over the petty little things. 825 00:43:59,520 --> 00:44:02,415 They're the things you really take for granted. 826 00:44:02,440 --> 00:44:04,935 You wish you could have it all over again. 827 00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:09,775 I miss the laughs, his banter, everything about him. 828 00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:11,935 From the good to bad, I just miss it all. 829 00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:13,255 That's my big brother... 830 00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:15,295 ON VIDEO: Yes! 831 00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:16,775 ..and I'll always love him.