UK: Teenagers convicted of kicking man to death

Three teenagers were found guilty today of the murder of father-of-three Garry Newlove in Cheshire, UK.

Mr Newlove, 47, suffered massive head injuries after he left his home in Warrington, Cheshire, to confront a gang of teenagers about vandalism to cars parked outside.

He was punched to the ground and kicked “as if he were a football”.

Mr Newlove, who was married to Helen, 44, died at Warrington Hospital two days later.

On the tenth day of deliberations a jury of six men and six women at Chester Crown Court convicted three teenagers – Adam Swellings, 19, from Crewe, Cheshire, and a 17-year-old and 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons.

Two other teenagers – a 15-year-old and another 17-year-old – were cleared.