Teenager who landed fatal punch on pensioner given 4-year sentence

A teenager who fatally punched a man because he didn't give him a cigarette has been sentenced to four years and four months in detention.

Teenager who landed fatal punch on pensioner given 4-year sentence

A teenager who fatally punched a man because he didn't give him a cigarette has been sentenced to four years and four months in detention.

Leonard Saunders, 65, died after he was punched in the street in St Helens, Merseyside, by 17-year-old Luke Woods on July 21.

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