Two gangsters went from "blood brothers" who broke out of a prison van together to sworn enemies as their underworld bond disintegrated.
Ms Hargreaves' partner Gary Campbell was just a teenager when he was a passenger in a car driven by joyriders which hit a group of people. Kevin Downes - Tony's three-year-old brother - was hit and killed by the car. Mr Campbell later maintained he was the target of the attack. Grenade and gun gang for hire Downes and Bradley were later paid by drug lords from Stockbridge Village to target anyone who antagonised them. Another gang led by Vincent Coggins paid for the pair's operation to carry out a terror campaign after they objected to a sensitive trial going ahead at Liverpool Crown Court.
The gang's spree, which saw at least 20 separate attacks over two years, was only stopped by a covert operation by Merseyside police's Matrix unit that involved help from the authorities in Holland, who recorded damning phone calls between the conspirators. Several guns, including an Uzi with a silencer attached, were taken off the streets as part of the police operation that captured the gang.
Speaking at the time, the prison service said escapes of this type were "rare" and that they would be launching an investigation to "identify any weaknesses in procedure and to learn lessons". The pair fled to Holland but were later tracked down and brought back to the UK to face justice. Downes was arrested in a car near the Belgium border and Bradley was apprehended a couple of months later in an executive apartment.