Widow slams thugs who killed her husband in pub attack over £20 debt

Distraught widow slams two 'arrogant' thugs who killed her husband, 48, in pub attack over £20 debt just two months after their wedding day - as pair are jailed for total of eight years Newly-married Andrew Watt died after he was punched to the ground in 2017 Anton Collins and Jack Jordan have since been convicted of manslaughter There was anger in court this week as the pair got sentences of six and two years 

By Richard Spillett, Crime Correspondent For Mailonline

Published: 13:44 GMT, 18 March 2019 | Updated: 14:11 GMT, 18 March 2019

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The widow of a man killed in a pub attack just weeks after his wedding has slammed the arrogance of his killers as they were jailed for a total of eight years.

Anton Collins and Jack Jordan attacked Andrew Watt outside the Poplar Kitten pub in Harlow, Essex over a £20 debt said to be owed by one of his friends.

Mr Watt - who had married his wife Sarah just eight weeks before - was knocked to the ground and suffered catastrophic head injuries from which he later died.

After Collins, 27, and Jordan, 24, were jailed for manslaughter this week, his widowed bride paid tribute to her husband as the 'cheekiest, funniest and most loving person' she'd ever met.

Andrew Watt died after he was knocked to the ground outside a pub in a row over a £20 debt

Andrew Watt died after he was knocked to the ground outside a pub in a row over a £20 debt

Recalling her wedding day, heartbroken Mrs Watt said: 'When I saw him standing there, I couldn't get down the aisle fast enough. I can remember my dad telling me to slow down.'

She said his donated organs has saved the lives of four people, adding:

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