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A man who killed a father-of-two in a one-punch attack as he was celebrating his 45th birthday faces years in prison after he was found guilty of manslaughter.
Adam Lovatt, from Audlem, died after he was assaulted by Samuel Thorpe, in Crewe, in the early hours of May 25 2018.
Thorpe hit Mr Lovatt once in the face outside the Bridge Inn on Shropshire Street.
Mr Lovatt fell backwards, hitting his head on the ground and suffered two skull fractures and a bleed on the brain. He died later that day.
Thorpe, aged 26, of Annions Lane, Wybunbury, was been found guilty of his manslaughter at Liverpool Crown Court after a 10-day trial and will be sentenced on November 26.
Samuel Thorpe, 26, faces a custodial sentence for the manslaughter of Adam Lovatt in 2018
A trial originally took place in January 2020, but a verdict could not be reached and the retrial was set with a new jury for October 11.
On the night of the attack Adam had been spending the evening celebrating his birthday with his wife at the Lord Combermere pub in the village.
He decided to carry on his evening at the Shroppie Fly, on Audlem Wharf, while his wife went home.
While Adam was at the pub, another