The dad who answered a knock on the door... and was killed

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

Nearly two decades after a dad was gunned down on his doorstep in a suspected revenge attack detectives are seemingly no closer to cracking the case.

Dad of four Joey Peloe was shot after answering the door of his home on Little Heath Road, Speke on December 28, 2004. The attack came after one man ominously predicted he would "be gone by the end of the year".

Joey managed to drag himself 100 yards down the road to Ganworth Road police station, and was taken to Whiston Hospital, where he died the following day. READ MORE: Dangerous pervert began 'subjecting children to horrific sexual abuse' when he was boy READ MORE: Where cases of '100-day cough' have been detected across Greater Manchester The investigation into the murder of the 45-year-old is about to enter its 20th year and Joey's family remain no closer to finding answers with several loose ends to do with the case yet to be tied up, the Liverpool Echo reports.

Two men were charged with his murder in 2006, but following a hearing at Liverpool Crown Court, a judge directed the jury to find the pair not guilty after it emerged there was no evidence to connect either man with the unidentified gunman.