Man Linked to £500,000 Bank Robbery Fatally Shot in Gangster-Style Execution

A man linked to a £500,000 bank robbery was gunned down in cold blood in a " gangster-style execution " less than 100 yards from his home.

But Leonard Newsham, who was jailed for 13 years for his part in the robbery at the National Westminster Bank, refused to name the orchestrators for fear of reprisals. Thirty-five years on, the murder of Gibson remains unsolved. In the fourth of a new series looking at Merseyside's worst unsolved crimes, the ECHO revisits the story in a bid to finally bring some justice to a bereaved family.

"I couldn't believe what I was seeing. He was facing upwards and his eyes were open and staring at me. He was obviously dead. I wanted to be sick, but I couldn't stop looking at those eyes." Ms Grace arrived only seconds after the shooting but the assassin had already vanished. Gibson lived with his dad just 100 yards away from where he was shot. They had lived together for 12 years at the time of his death after his mum died. His next door neighbour, Chris Tant, told the ECHO: "It is a terrible tragedy. Especially when you consider his father is so ill.

Investigations revealed the killer used a stolen car to go to and from the murder scene. However, in the following months the police investigation hit a blank. It was not until a sensational twist at Preston Crown Court that the police finally had a break. The court heard how Gibson had reportedly been with Newsham during the robbery which was "planned with military precision and ruthlessly executed".

Gibson's family described him at the time of his death "as a man with no enemies". His sister Elizabeth Ralston said: "If there was anything you wanted you could just go and ask him."

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