Garmin smartwatch data used to convict British runner of two murders

[editor]

Smart use of tech by the old bill -

A British runner, sous chef, and underworld hitman was sentenced to life behind bars for the murder of two other Manchester-area gangsters this week — all due to data found on his Garmin Forerunner, according to the BBC.

Mark “Iceman” Fellows was under investigation for the murders of organized crime leader Paul “Mr. Big” Massey and his associate John Kinsella in 2015 when authorities decided to dig into his Garmin account data for evidence. While investigating Fellows, the Liverpool Echo reported, Manchester Police noticed the GPS smartwatch in photos of him running the 2014 Great Manchester 10K and searched for the device in his home.

The Garmin showed Fellows traveling to areas around the home where Massey was killed in the months before the murder. Fellows’ watch recorded a 35-minute activity that began near his own and followed a path to a field outside of Massey’s home, according to the Liverpool Echo, suggesting that he was performing reconnaissance two months prior to the murders.

The data identified that Fellows had taken his bike out to the field by Massey’s home, according to the Liverpool Echo. As he approached it, his speed dropped from 12 mph to 3 mph, suggesting that he began walking. Fellows then stopped for eight minutes. Authorities used this data as evidence to support the escape route Fellows had taken.

Garmin data used to convict British runner for the murder of two gangsters

And what a bunch of all round charmers were involved

'Mr Big' hitman gets whole-life sentence

 

[Pickman's model]

so gangland hitmen - remember to leave your tech at home when going out on a job

 

[SpookyFrank]

All this internet of things rubbish is only there to snitch on you, I've been saying it all along.

 

[Wilf]

And what a bunch of all round charmers were involved

'Mr Big' hitman gets whole-life sentence

The 'spotter' was from my home town. Warm glow.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Positive use of tech to bring justice to complete arseholes.

All this internet of things rubbish is only there to snitch on you, I've been saying it all along.

How old are you, Plank?

 

[editor]

All this internet of things rubbish is only there to snitch on you, I've been saying it all along.

Poor 'snitched' double murdering scum.

 

[planetgeli]

Quite funny write-up at runnersworld.com

Hitman Runner Mark Fellows Convicted of Mob Murder on GPS Watch Data

While detectives were investigating Fellows, they came across a photo of the suspect wearing his Garmin Forerunner during 2015’s Great Manchester 10K (he ran 47:17, pictured above) two months before the murder of Massey that July.

That's no slouch time btw. He can run. And cycle. However.

As seriously as Fellows seemed to take his preparation, he did not appear to consider witnesses would notice a cyclist wearing both commando gear and a hi-vis safety vest while toting a gun (they did, and they told the police).

The article concludes with this,

Runner’s World looked into other possible race results for the killer. We found a British Mark Fellows—of the same under-40 age group the hitman would have entered—who ran the St. Albans Half Marathon two weeks before Massey’s murder. However that Mark Fellows also ran the same half in 2018, two weeks after the homonymous hitman was arrested. Further research and finish-line photos leads us to believe that the half racer is a St. Albans-based (about 180 miles from Manchester) Mark Fellows, who, ironically, is a lawyer.

 

[DotCommunist]

another 21st century columbo remake plotline

 

[SpookyFrank]

How old are you, Plank?

Old enough to have outgrown cheap puns at the expense of someone else's name.

Pickman's made a similar remark, you gonna go after him too?

 

[SpookyFrank]

Poor 'snitched' double murdering scum.

I'm sure the late "Mr Big" was by contrast a delightful individual.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

He can run. And cycle.

Could. Not can. Could.

 

[planetgeli]

Could. Not can. Could.

Actually you know, I don’t think he was that good at cycling.

Three months after the murder of Massey, Fellows was shot (presumably by a rival gang) while riding his bike from his girlfriend’s to his gran’s house. The shot passed through his pelvis but he survived.

 

[Poi E]

That was Bahnhof Strasse. Audi thing.

 

[josef1878 2.0]

Fellows was a suspect very early on in the Massey investigation, he was shot himself 2 weeks later. Why did it take 3 years to find the watch? It was found in his bedroom, unused for 3 years, with 10 grand in cash.