Britain was horrified by the senseless murders of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel and council worker Ashley Dale - both caught up in evil gangland executions.
But while the whole nation mourned two innocent lives cut short, their killers could be traced back to the hellish underworld of one Merseyside town.
Huyton, just eight miles outside of Liverpool, is infested with gangs and is the epicentre of the region's drugs economy.
Although in the borough of Knowsley, crime gangs from Huyton consider neighbouring Liverpool postcodes such as Dovecot, Knotty Ash and West Derby as part of their turf.