Seven men guilty of the brutal execution of a father on his doorstep have been jailed for a total of 147 years.

Neil Canney was gunned down at his home in Greenock, Inverclyde on February 28 2023.

The 37-year-old had gone to his front door thinking a friend was among a group standing outside. Neil was instead shot amid a hail of bullets as relatives inside cowered for safety.

The gang responsible for the assassination were caught following a massive police probe.

Jack Benson, 24, Dale Russell, 31, Martin McCusker, 41, Brendan Balloch, 25, Kieran Hendry, 26, and Michael Munro, 27, and Kieran Meechan, 29, were all handed life sentences at the High Court in Glasgow today.

Six of them were convicted of murder and attempted murder following a trial in July. Meechan had pled guilty to m

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