A bully who carried out acid attacks and shootings on behalf of an underworld boss left a father of three with temporary blindness.
Kirkdale man Jonathan Gordon was charged £ 6,000 for an acid attack and £ 10,000 for blinding someone. Gordon, linked to the well-known band ‘Deli Mob’, carried out contractual violence for an underworld leader.
He almost blinded a man after throwing a container of acid in his face, planned more attacks and organized the shooting at another man’s house. Gordon was involved in two other street shootings in Liverpool.
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Yesterday Gordon, 34, was found guilty of three counts of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm; two charges of having a firearm with intent to endanger life and one of conspiracy to possess a firearm with intent to endanger life. The north Liverpool man has been found guilty of the charges following a trial at Liverpool Crown Court.
Gordon’s partner Dylan Johnston, 27, was found guilty of conspiracy to possess a firearm with intent to endanger his life and conspiracy to cause serious bodily harm. Stephen Anthony Wissett, 28, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm.
The three men, who were part of the same conspiracy, were prosecuted as a direct result of police intrusion into the EncroChat telephone network. On April 14, 2019, the first victim left her home on Milton Street, St. Helens, to get a charger from her car.
Gordon, who used the Valuedbridge handle on EncroChat, was waiting for him and threw a bowl of acid in his face. The victim was temporarily blinded, but regained his sight months later after medical treatment. During an identity parade, he chose Gordon.
Dylan Johnston was convicted of conspiracy to possess a firearm with the intent to endanger his life and conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm. (Image: NCA)
Gordon planned a second acid attack on a man in Blackpool. His boss said the victim “needs a good liter on him” and a third attack on a man in Warrington. The Blackpool attack was canceled because it was expected to happen during the first blockade when the roads were empty and criminals were worried that police would detect their stolen car.
On April 6, 2020, Gordon and accomplices Dylan Johnston, 27, and Stephen Wissett, 28, drove a stolen Ford Fiesta to Birtles Road, Warrington, and planned to throw acid at a man who lived in the property.
When they found the house with CCTV, they abandoned the attack and decided to return the next day in disguise.
But the next day, April 7, while in Liverpool, the three criminals were approached by patrol officers. Gordon, Johnston and Wissett ran away but the car was confiscated and the attack was avoided. Forensic examination found Wissett’s DNA in a bottle of Lucozade, the steering wheel and a pair of gloves. Johnston’s DNA was in another pair of gloves.
The crime boss was not discouraged by the failed offer and wanted Gordon to return to Birtles Road and “double the dose” and “cook” the intended victim with acid.
Stephen Anthony Wissett is guilty of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm. (Image: NCA)
During this time, the NCA and police noticed that a grenade had been left in the front yard of the Birtles Road home in Warrington. Using EncroChat intelligence, NCA officers arranged for the bomb squadron to carry out a controlled explosion on the grenade on April 14th.
Because of this, the OCG stopped the planned acid attack because it was obvious that law enforcement had been involved. Gordon still spoke of the planned acid attack, saying to his boss, “You’re going blind, brother.”
EncroChat messages also showed that Gordon had been involved in a street shooting on January 24, 2020 with an unknown man.
Cell site tests showed Gordon’s cell phone was in Wilburn Street, Liverpool, around midnight, and Gordon also sent a message to his boss saying “he dropped a clip on the street.” Officers who attended the scene found an open front door kicking into a house with Gordon’s DNA on it and the back door handle.
The messages also showed that Gordon was involved in another fight with an unknown assailant on May 25, 2020. At 11:45 p.m., the man approached Gordon on an electric bicycle and exchanged fire: a bullet from the Gordon’s Grand Power pistol passed through the bedroom window of an elderly couple’s home on Carisbrooke Road, Liverpool.
Gordon then told his boss at EncroChat that he had lost his Great Power and sent him a picture of a news story about the shooting. His hand was visible in the picture and a fingerprint expert compared his palm to the palm in the photo and said they were both from Gordon.
Gordon also took part in a plot to shoot a property in Reaper Close, Warrington, on March 20, 2020.
Gordon and Johnston organized a team to shoot the windows of the house in a car attack. Phone records linked the two men to each other in the minutes following the attack. Forensics showed the bullets came from the same weapon involved in the Wilburn Street shooting.
Ben Rutter, NCA’s director of operations, said: “I testify to the victim in this case and I thank him for his courage and support in helping us bring Jonathan Gordon to justice.
“The victim suffered life – threatening injuries and the physical and mental cost of his attack cannot be overstated.
“Jonathan Gordon is an extremely dangerous criminal. His actions were exceptionally perverse, he thought nothing of blinding the victims for money.
“He caused a high level of damage to the streets as his OCG manager and it is fortunate that no one died in his chaotic and reckless use of firearms.
“I commend the investigating officers of the National Crime Agency, Merseyside Police and Cheshire Police. This was a long and complex investigation that lasted several years and the officers worked tirelessly to ensure that the evidence was gathered. they left no doubt to the jury about Gordon’s guilt. “
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