Teens Guilty Of Garry Newlove Murder

One of the three teenagers found guilty of murdering a father of three had been released from custody on bail hours before taking part in the vicious street attack.

Garry Newlove, 47, died after he was set upon by a gang who kicked his body "like a football" outside his home in Warrington.

16-year-old Jordan Cunliffe, 17-year-old Stephen Sorton and 19-year-old Adam Swellings were convicted at Chester Crown Court.

Swellings had been released from custody on bail on August 10 last year. Hours later, he was part of the gang which attacked Mr Newlove.

One of the bail conditions was that Swellings was to have kept out of Warrington.

Two other teenagers, aged 15 and 17, were cleared of murder and manslaughter.

Sky correspondent Mike McCarthy said the five teenagers had sat rocking back and forward as they awaited the jury's decision.

"When the verdicts were read out by the foreman of the jury, there were loud sobs," he said.

Helen Newlove, the victim's wife, broke down in tears after the jury had been sent out by the judge, Mr Justice Andrew Smith.

The Crown Prosecution Service said the case was a warning to other young people.

"This was a callous crime committed by young men. They kicked and punched Mr Newlove to death, leaving his three daughters without a devoted dad and his wife without a loving husband," said Ian Rushton, chief Crown prosecutor for CPS Cheshire.

"This case is a strong warning for those young people who think they can get away with harassing, punching and intimidating residents, never caring about the consequences of their acts."

Mr Newlove was at home with his family on August 10 when he heard noises outside at about 11pm and went to investigate.

Within minutes he was surrounded by a gang of youths who punched and kicked him to the ground.

The attack left Mr Newlove in a coma and he died two days later.

His eldest daughter Zoe witnessed the attack and told the court they were just kicking him "like you'd kick a football".

As he lay in hospital his youngest daughter Amy, 12, wrote a letter to him which said: "I am unable to see you right now as you are too ill but I know you can fight this as you are a strong loving man who I know loves me no matter what."

So it would seem that, finally, some justice is being done against ASBO chavs. The only problem is, it took the death of an innocent man trying to protect his estate and family for it to happen.

What we face now is people taking a back-seat to it all thinking "woo, justice! yey!". Whereas, actually, they should now be thinking; "We've got the once, now lets go out there and stop these ASBO pricks once and for all".

But will that happen? Will it fuck. Someone else will have to get killed before some oiks gets and ASBO. This country fucking sucks.