Three men have been jailed for life after an innocent granddad was shot through his living room window while children played in the street nearby.

Barry Dawson, 60, was the victim of a botched revenge attack in Stanley, County Durham, on Saturday April 5 this year.

Ringleader Sean Reay, 30, and associates Kelvin Lawson, 38, and Thomas Sterling, 22, were convicted of his murder following a trial at Teesside Crown Court.

Reay was ordered to serve minimum terms of 32 years, while his ‘key lieutenants’ Lawson and Sterling were jailed for at least 28 years and 26 years respectively.

The court heard Reay was out looking for vengeance following a suspected drug-related altercation earlier that day in which he claimed someone threatened to burn his house down.

The gang believed the person res

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