452:, Ferris protested McAteer's innocence in relation to the murder of Selkirk, suggesting that police pinned the murder to McAteer in order to assuage grief among the city of Liverpool. He argued that McAteer's "jealous" henchman, George Bell Smith – whose ex-girlfriend was now in a relationship with McAteer – provided false testimony of his boss indicating
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Later in 1998, McAteer was arrested in
Merseyside on suspicion of shooting a man at a set of traffic lights in Glasgow: the incident had occurred mere yards from the site of the Bennett murder. He avoided charges when the victim refused to make a formal complaint. McAteer also became a suspect in the
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Ferris found it implausible that McAteer, whom he described as being "so cautious as to be almost paranoid", would implicate himself in such a way, and concluded that
Selkirk was killed by Irish criminals due to unpaid debts. In a 2005 interview he said: "It is common knowledge that did not do it.
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On 28 February 1998, following both McAteer and
Bennett's release from prison, the latter was killed in a daylight attack on Glasgow's Royston Road, incurring 57 stab wounds. McAteer and two other men (Robert Burke and Donald McPhail) stood trial for the murder; the prosecution posited that McAteer
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414:. Liverpool criminal David Baker received a four-year sentence for conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, for asking an associate to provide McAteer with a false alibi. Glaswegian James O'Neill, who had also been charged with the murder, was exonerated due to a lack of evidence.
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activity, which led to his arrest. McAteer maintained his innocence, and later blamed
Liverpool associate Paul Bennett for setting him up. An Irish terrorist group appeared to take responsibility for Selkirk's murder, but police determined that this was a
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for the 1999 murder of a gangland associate; he had been acquitted of a previous murder charge in 1998. McAteer was a suspect in other crimes, including the 1999 murder of television presenter
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crime correspondent Tony
Thompson, McAteer threatened to shoot multiple police officers as well as anyone who testified against him: at least two criminals were given new identities under the
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Liverpool magistrates in February 2000 – met with a 16-year sentence.
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had put out a contract while in jail, offering "2 oz of tobacco and 50 temazepam tablets" to any inmate who killed
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charge dropped. McAteer's appeal would have indeed asserted that a key witness had charges against them dismissed after agreeing to give evidence.
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criminal underworlds during the later 20th century. McAteer accumulated various convictions, and in 2001 was
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has known McAteer since childhood. In his 2005 book,
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430:Royal Courts of Justice
305:. He has two children.
1284:Criminals from Glasgow
151:, illegal drug trade,
1279:People from Clydebank
1169:Mainstream Publishing
504:"Killer loses appeal"
392:Liverpool Crown Court
1077:Liverpool Daily Post
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377:devised by McAteer.
214:McAteer was born in
1230:at TotalCrime.co.uk
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980:. 23 September 2002
176:Ian Douglas McAteer
44:Ian Douglas McAteer
1289:Crime in Liverpool
1254:Scottish gangsters
458:child sexual abuse
388:witness protection
144:Illegal drug trade
1108:. 19 October 2005
1040:"$ 15m drug haul"
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