"Children were playing in Elm Street, Stanley, County Durham, when grandfather Barry Dawson, 60, was killed on Saturday April 5 this year. The murder was caught on a doorbell camera. Sean Reay, 30, and associates Kelvin Lawson, 38, and Thomas Sterling, 22, were convicted following a trial at Teesside Crown Court which concluded in October. Mr Justice Cotter sentenced gunman Reay, of Sabin Terrace, Stanley, to life with a minimum term of 32 years."
"Lawson, of Frosterley Gardens, Stanley, who smashed the downstairs window of the terraced house to allow his co-accused to get a clearer shot, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 28 years. Sterling, of The Avenue, Stanley, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 26 years. He was part of a show of strength in the street that day, the judge said. The single shot hit Mr Dawson in the chest, puncturing his heart, lung and liver."
"He had lived in the street for more than 20 years and was a well-liked member of his community. The shocking doorbell footage caught the shooting and then Mr Dawson's son, Shane, shouting: They shot my dad. Mr Justice Cotter said: This was an extraordinary crime in an ordinary residential street. It was the sort of thing most people only see in television or films, and then not in this country."
Grandfather Barry Dawson, 60, was killed by a single shot through his living-room window while children played in Elm Street, Stanley, County Durham, on 5 April. Doorbell camera footage captured the shooting and a family member shouting that his father had been shot. Sean Reay, Kelvin Lawson and Thomas Sterling were convicted at Teesside Crown Court. Reay received a life sentence with a minimum term of 32 years. Lawson received life with a minimum of 28 years for smashing the downstairs window to allow a clearer shot. Sterling received life with a minimum of 26 years. The shot punctured Mr Dawson's heart, lung and liver. Reay reportedly acted in revenge after a suspected drug-related altercation earlier that day.
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