Michael Riccio denies 'trying to enforce drug debt using shotty'

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User of handle 'LeadFern' allegedly sought to source guns as he plotted 'retribution' shooting

The 37-year-old, of Ambleside Road in Allerton , allegedly sought to source guns over EncroChat as he plotted a "retribution" shooting. He is currently on trial at Liverpool Crown Court accused of firearms offences, with messages exchanged via the encrypted communications platform said to have shown his efforts to acquire a shotgun "to give someone a leggy" while amassing £2.5million in old £20 notes as he trafficked weapons and drugs.

Mr Barraclough asked whether they all knew the password for his device, and he said: "All of them, everyone in the OCG, in case we got arrested. There was only two handsets around, everyone was conducting their own business as well."Riccio replied: "No.

Riccio replied: "More people with COPD, and the elderly. Not many people stuck to the rules, did they?" Mr Barraclough continued: "Throughout this, at any stage. If Lead Fern was talking about guns, was that ever you?"Ms Menary told the jury of nine men and three women during the prosecution's opening last week that Riccio had "operated a business buying and selling drugs and guns, sometimes for tens and thousands of pounds at a time".

Another discussion with "TimelyBeta" was also said to have centred on the user "buying back a Glock that he had previously sold to him". The handle was meanwhile alleged to have been used to speak with "WeirdGun" about acquiring a Glock and Glock 17. Another contact "VanDeBeek" meanwhile asked whether he had "any tools going". Lead Fern said in response that he "needed shottys himself" but would "have Glocks again soon".

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