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As he stood in the dock Connor Holland was in no doubt whatsoever. His life as he knew it was 'over'. Then 22-years-old, he was being sent down over a botched gangland shooting in Salford that saw an innocent man gunned down in the street . Connor was jailed for 15 years for possession of a firearm, assault and possession of ammunition.

His mum Jane Blood and stepfather Dean Holland were also both sentenced to nine years in prison for their role in the attack. Their lives and that of their victim, who was left with life-threatening injuries after being shot in the chest, had been ruined.

And it was all because of what Connor describes as the actions of a 'lost and desperate' young man.

"My mum and step-dad were with me, I couldn't stop thinking that it was all becau

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