Crewe one-punch killer, 26, faces years in jail after being found guilty of ...

Crewe one-punch killer, 26, faces years in jail after being found guilty of ...
Crewe one-punch killer, 26, faces years in jail after being found guilty of ...
One-punch killer, 26, faces years in prison after being found guilty of fatal attack on man out celebrating his 45th birthday Samuel Thorpe, 26, killed Adam Lovatt, 45, with one punch back in 2018 Thorpe was found guilty of manslughter and will be sentenced on November 26 Thorpe had fled to North Wales the day after the assualt in Crewe, Cheshire Mr Lovatt hit the ground after being punched and suffered a brain bleed Nicolas Hill, 37, was cleared of manslaughter for his role in Mr Lovatt's death  Hill will be sentenced in November for assisting an offender after pleading guilty

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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

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

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