‘Feral’ teens get life for manslaughter

A PAIR of “feral” teenagers who subjected a harmless drifter to months of bullying before savagely beating and tossing him into a river were jailed for life yesterday.

Craig Dodd and Ryan Palin, now aged 17 and 15, were sentenced after admitting the manslaughter of 40-year-old David Atherton last May.

Warrington Crown Court heard they were part of a teenage gang who preyed on vulnerable adults in the Cheshire town.