Jackie Rutter

A man accused of murder was allegedly warned that he was "getting stabbed up in prison" after his co-defendant reportedly threw water at him during a "disagreement" in the dock. Mum-of-six and grandma-of-five Jackie Rutter died aged 53 after being shot in the chest on the doorstep of her own home on Meadowbrook Road in Moreton , Wirral in October 2022.

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.

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 another man, Preston Connolly,

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