David West Jr jailed for stabbing his bullying father

The heir to a multimillion-pound nightclub empire has been jailed for 13 and a half years for stabbing his father to death after years of being treated as his “whipping boy”.

David West Jr, 45, worked for bullying and overbearing David West Sr from the age of 14 and played a pivotal role in the success of the family business.

But by December 12 last year, he had enough and stabbed the 70-year-old alcoholic to death as he was slumped in a stupor at the bottom of the stairs at his home off Jermyn St in London’s Piccadilly.