THREE brothers murdered a grandfather in front of his family in the culmination of a long-running feud between two traveller families, a court heard today.

Charlie Broadway, John Broadway, and William ‘Billy’ Broadway are accused of murdering Wilfred Isaacs, 49, who was shot dead with a sawn-off shotgun at a travellers site in Somerset on May 5.

They are also charged with causing actual bodily harm to Wilfred's son Wilfred Isaacs Junior, who was shot in the arm and shoulder during the incident.

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(Wilfred Isaacs Senior)

Bristol Crown Court heard that Charlie Broadway, 23, wounded Wilfred Junior before pointing the gun at Wilfred Isaacs Senior, shooting him twice at close range in front of his partner Pam, two sons and young granddaughter.

Prosecuting, William Mousley said: “The three brothers arranged and carried out a fatal attack on Wilfred Senior and a potentially fatal attack on Wilfred Junior, intending to kill them both.”

Charlie was handed the gun by his younger brother William Broadway, 18, who was instructed to fetch the gun by John, 37, after a dispute broke out between the two families on the evening of May 5.

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(Charlie Broadway)

Mr Mousley said: “It was John’s idea for the Isaacs to be shot, Billy made it possible and Charlie carried it out. They all share responsibility.”

The court heard that the Broadway and Isaacs families, who lived in neighbouring plots at Chubbards Cross Caravan Site, had fallen out two years prior to the shooting and were not on speaking terms.

Mr Mousley said there was a “gun culture” in the Broadway family and that in the weeks leading up the shootings gunshots could be heard ringing out around the site.

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(John Broadway)

"The Broadways were associated with shotguns including sawn-offs and they would often fire shotguns on the site ... seemingly for their own pleasure or to intimidate the Isaacs,” he said.

The court heard that the shootings on the evening of May 5 followed an earlier violent altercation between Wilfred Senior, Charlie Broadway and two other members of the extended Broadway family Riley Jones and Joseph Finney.

Mr Mousley said: “The shootings were not the first violence in which Charlie had been involved that day.

“Not long before the shootings, him Joseph Finney and Riley Jones had together attacked Wilfred Senior during which assault he was hit on the head with a metal bar.

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(William Broadway)

“When Wilfred Junior went to help his father he too was assaulted and injured by the group of three who were throughout that time acting together.”

The court heard that Wilfred Senior’s other son, Barry, then invited a “bare-chested” Charlie Broadway to have a fist-fight with him to sort out their differences.

It was at this stage that John Broadway told Billy Broadway to get a gun. Billy then returned to the scene with a black shotgun.

Mr Mousley said: “Charlie, with John and Billy alongside him, then shot Wilfred Junior, hitting him in the shoulder.

“Within seconds, and after Wilfred Senior asked them why they had done that to his son, Charlie turned the gun on Wilfred Senior and shot him in the stomach.”

Charlie Broadway then pointed the gun at Wilfred's wife Pam and also at Wilfreds granddaughter, telling her to go inside or she would also be shot.

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(The shotgun used in the shooting)

Shortly after the shootings, members of the Isaacs family called paramedics, who arrived at the site and found Wilfred Senior lying in a large pool of blood.

He died at the scene from a gunshot wound to the abdomen.

 The brothers, from Ilton, Somerset, all fled the scene after the shootings.

Mr Mousley said: “After the shootings Charlie Broadway and John Broadway made off from the scene in separate cars.

“Their sister Bonnie Wilson provided the vehicle for John and went with him knowing and believing what he had been involved in.”

Bonnie Wilson is charged with assisting an offender, namely driving John Broadway away from the location of the shooting.

Joseph Finney, Riley Jones, and Charlie Broadway are charged of unlawfully and maliciously wounding Wilfred Isaacs Senior.

Charlie and William Broadway also face an additional charge of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life.

All six defendants have pleaded not guilty to the charges against them.

The trial continues.