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A gran was shot dead in her own home after her sons stole a phone from two drug dealers, a court has heard.

Jackie Rutter died aged 53 in October 2022 after answering a knock at the door of her house in Wirral, to be gunned down by two men.

Four men, Simon Allen, James Byrne, Barrie Glynn and David Harrison, have gone on trial at Liverpool Crown Court accused of her murder .

A fifth defendant, Anna McGinn, is meanwhile charged with assisting an offender in connection with the fatal shooting, reports the Liverpool ECHO.

Nigel Power KC told a jury during the prosecution's opening: "Nearly three years ago, now on the 30th of October 2022, a lady called Jacqueline Rutter opened the front door to her home address.

"She was shot in the chest with a gun, which either was

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