A gunman who shot another man in an alleyway was cornered by armed police in Wales. Jesse Dyche was finally caught the day after he gunned down a man in the street. The 27-year-old had fled to Wales after the shooting in Bentilee, Stoke-on-Trent.
In a premeditated attack, he worked with accomplice Stephen Thorogood and teenager Ethan Beech served as the getaway driver. The man was left needing surgery after being gunned down in the attack. All three defendants were given prison sentences for their roles in the shooting, which took place around 3pm on a Wednesday last August.
The motive behind it has not been disclosed. READ MORE: The absolutely beautiful Welsh beach where the sea is full of sewage READ MORE: E.coli cases reported across whole of Wales in latest outbreak Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court the victim saw the barrel of a gun aimed at him before he was shot in the leg.
He needed surgery for broken leg bones. CCTV footage showed Dyche, of Leek Road, Stoke-on-Trent, carrying a firearm. Beech, 18, of Fell Street, Smallthorne, drove Dyche and Thorogood, 45, away in a Vauxhall Insignia which was later found abandoned on nearby Pillar Close.
The footage showed the trio driving around in a Ford Focus before changing into dark clothing and getting into the Vauxhall to travel to the scene of the attack. Dyche was travelling in the same Ford in North Wales when armed police descended on him. They found a hammer, crowbar, balaclava and a baseball bat in the vehicle, passports and �.