A judge has praised the 'thorough and painstaking' police investigation which nailed three teen thugs who murdered 'the wrong man' after hijacking a dispute which had nothing to do with them.
26.02.2023 - 22:23 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Earlier this week, three people were jailed after a drug dealer was found tortured to death in his own home. Thomas Campbell, 38, was beaten up, stabbed and burned with boiling water after three men ambushed him at his front door.
One of the three attackers, Reece Steven, 29, was convicted of murder and sentenced to serve at least 37 years in jail. Stephen Cleworth, 38, who was not present at the scene but was involved in the extensive preparations in the days before the killing, including placing a tracking device on Campbell’s van, was found guilty of manslaughter.
He was jailed for life, to serve a minimum of 12 years. Coleen Campbell, 38, who had been married to Campbell for 10 years before they divorced in 2021, was also convicted of manslaughter.
READ MORE: How Thomas Campbell was betrayed by a woman who claimed to love him
She provided key intelligence to his killers, to help them track her ex’s movements. Coleen Campbell spoke with John Belfield, 28, the alleged ‘mastermind’ of the attack, who is now on the run and wanted by police on suspicion of murder.
Belfield is alleged to have been the second of the three attackers who struck at Mr Campbell’s home in Mossley, Tameside, late on Saturday, July 2 last year. The identity of the third attacker is unknown to police.
Police believe Coleen Campbell was motivated by jealousy, after her ex had started a new relationship with Belfield’s former partner.
After Coleen Campbell, Cleworth and Steven were all locked up, the Manchester Evening News spoke to two of the lead detectives in the case, to examine how a huge investigation landed Coleen Campbell, Reece Steven and Stephen Cleworth behind bars, and how their work to put fugitive John Belfield in front of a judge
A judge has praised the 'thorough and painstaking' police investigation which nailed three teen thugs who murdered 'the wrong man' after hijacking a dispute which had nothing to do with them.
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