A son who never met his father... the tragic consequences of an evil, brutal crime

Andre Marshall had received some life-changing news before he was brutally murdered. His partner was pregnant, and at 29, he was preparing to become a father.

Despite his flaws, Andre, who had spent time in jail and had been a member of the Gooch Gang, had a loving family. His violent death robbed him of the chance to meet his child.

It also deprived him of the opportunity to change for his son, who is now eight-years-old. Andre’s mother, Patricia Ali, said: “I have been robbed of any chance of seeing Andre being dad to his son, who is eight years old and has also been robbed of his father being in his life.

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“He will grow with a different type of pain and maybe anger, knowing how his daddy was taken from us.” Mrs Ali lost her only child in the most terrible circumstances nearly ten years ago.

He was shot dead in a car park in Urmston, Trafford, in 2015. Andre had been double crossed by Abdul Ahsan, an 18-year-old who had been acting as a drugs and cash courier for him for the previous few months.

On the pretext of going to collect a drug debt, Ahsan had armed himself before opening fire at point blank range, as Andre sat in the driver’s seat of his own BMW.

He left Andre there, before making his escape. Ahsan was only brought back to the UK earlier this year to face justice, following a lengthy extradition process. In heartbreaking detail, Mrs Ali laid bare the huge emotional toll that her son’s murder has taken on her.

“It has been nine long years waiting for this moment for the defendant to be held accountable for killing my son Andre,” Mrs Ali said. “On May 20th, 2015, at around 5pm, driving home from work I received a devastating