Crime boss ‘ordered hit’ after son was thrown out of club

A notorious crime boss ordered a revenge hit on bouncers after his son was thrown out of a nightclub, the Old Bailey heard. John Henry Sayers, 54, then persuaded a convicted killer to confess to the ‘ride-by’ shooting at The Tup Tup Palace, in Newcastle, on 6 June 2015, jurors heard. Bouncer Matthew McCauley was injured when alleged gunman Michael Dixon, 50, aimed a single sawn-off shotgun blast at the nightclub. The shooting was in retaliation for events at the…