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A man fist-bumped his associates and said 'two in the chest' after shooting a grandmother dead in her own home, a court has heard.

Mum-of-six and grandma-of-five Jackie Rutter died aged 53, having been shot in the chest on the doorstep of her own home on October 30, 2022, in Moreton, Wirral, the Liverpool Echo reports.

Four men, Simon Allen, James Byrne, Barrie Glynn and David Harrison, are currently on trial at Liverpool Crown Court accused of her murder. A fifth defendant, Anna McGinn, is charged with assisting an offender in connection with the fatal shooting.

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The attack was apparently motivated by a "robbery", in which Ms Rutter's sons Peter and Steven reportedly stole a mobile phone which Byrne and ano

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