Gunmen and getaway driver jailed after shooting

Stephen Thorogood, left, and Jesse Dyche were both jailed for nine years

Three men have been jailed after a shooting in Stoke-on-Trent left a man with serious leg injuries.

Stephen Thorogood, Jesse Dyche and Ethan Beech all received prison terms for their role in the attack on Dawlish Drive, Bentilee, on 30 August.

The trio from Stoke-on-Trent were caught on CCTV driving in a Ford Focus before changing into black clothing and getting into a stolen Vauxhall Insignia, police said.

They drove to Dawlish Drive where the victim was shot in the street, suffering lower leg bone fractures.

Staffordshire Police said Thorogood, 45, and Dyche, 27, were on foot at the time of the incident, while Beech, 19, was waiting in the Vauxhall nearby.

The trio drove off in the car before abandoning it and leaving in the Ford Focus.

Jesse Dyche was captured on CCTV on the day of the shooting

Dyche was stopped while driving in the same Ford Focus in north Wales the next day and police found a hammer, crowbar, balaclava, passports, a baseball bat and £2,200 in cash inside the vehicle.

Thorogood and Beech were arrested later and all three were charged in relation to the shooting. The gun was never recovered.

Ethan Beech was jailed for 20 months after admitting assisting an offender

At Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on Friday, Dyche, of Leek Road, and Thorogood, of Chelmsford Road, both pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent and possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life.

They were both sentenced to nine years in prison.

Beech, of Fell Street, admitted assisting an offender and was jailed for 20 months.