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Three men have been jailed for life after an an innocent grandfather was shot through the living room window of his own home in a murder that was caught on a doorbell camera. Barry Dawson, 60, was fatally shot at teatime on Saturday April 5 this year.

The murder happened on Elm Street, Stanley, County Durham , and took place as children played on the street outside. Sean Reay, 30, ringleader of the three men, and associates Kelvin Lawson, 38, and Thomas Sterling, 22, were convicted following a trial at Teesside Crown Court which concluded in October. View 2 Images

Mr Justice Cotter sentenced gunman Reay, of Sabin Terrace, Stanley, to life with a minimum term of 32 years. Lawson, of Frosterley Gardens, Stanley, who smashed the downstairs window of the terraced house

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