The 37-year-old was murdered by a vigilante gang in 2022 and his body found by a dog walker.
His story is part of a three-episode docuseries which goes behind the scenes with GMP officers from the Serious Crime and Specialist Operations teams.
Manhunt premiers on Channel 4 on Tuesday 14 January at 9pm, with the remaining two episodes shown on successive Tuesdays in the same time slot.
Christopher Hughes was a former boxer from Wigan, who was abducted from the street in broad daylight on 18 February, 2022.
DNA evidence revealed he was not a match for the attack on the girl.
The next day he was found in Almond Street, Wigan, by two of the gang, who abducted and bundled him into the boot of a blue Audi A4.
Christopher Hughes, right (Photo: Greater Manchester Police/SWNS.com)What happened to Christopher Hughes?
Using knives and machetes, the gang members inflicted horrific injuries on Hughes including severing a tendon in his leg so he could not run away.
The men then formed a burial party and equipped with a spade, wellies, gloves, bottles of bleach and binbags, began digging a grave on nearby wasteland.
Instead, Hughes’ body was left at the scene on a grassy embankment where it was found four days later by dog walker.
What happened to Christopher Hughes’ killers?
Five men were arrested by GMP shortly after Hughes’ body was found and a further four as the investigation continued.
An eighth man, Curtis Balbas, of Matheson Drive, Wigan, admitted kidnap and later changed his plea to guilty of murder.
All were sentenced on 9 February, 2023 at Liverpool Crown Court:
Erland Spahiu, of White Moss Road, Skelmersdale, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 35 years for murder, 12 years for kidnap to run concurrently. Curtis Balbas, of Matheson Drive, Wigan was jailed for life with a minimum term of 34 years for murder, nine years for kidnap to run concurrently. Martin Smith, of Laithwaite Road, Wigan, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 33 years for murder, 12 years for kidnap to run concurrently. Razgar Khader Mohammed, of Plane Avenue, Wigan, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 27 years for murder, 12 years for kidnap to run concurrently. Alan Jaf, of Ridyard Street, Wigan, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 26 years for murder, 12 years for kidnap to run concurrently. Khalil Awla, of Greenwood, Wigan, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 26 years for murder, 12 years for kidnap to run concurrently. Dean Smeaton O’Neill-Davey, of Bulteel Street, Wigan, was jailed for life with a minimum term 25 years for murder, 12 years for kidnap to run concurrently. Erion Voja, of Peall Road, Croydon, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 23 years for murder, 10 years for kidnap to run concurrently.A ninth man, Andrius Uzkuraitis of Holly Road, Wigan, was convicted of assisting an offender and jailed for six years.
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