Ness, 41, of Avon Avenue, North Shields, North Tyneside, denied murder but was found guilty by a jury at Newcastle Crown ...

A "despicable" drug addict who murdered a "hero" who was trying to stop him smashing his way into a woman's flat has been ...

A man's claim he was acting in self-defence when he battered to death a good Samaritan who had intervened in a burglary is a "nonsense", prosecutors have said. John Smyth, 63, was repeatedly struck ...

A CALLOUS murderer laughed out loud as he was jailed for life for bludgeoning a Scots dad to death with a heavy lump of wood.

A man has been found guilty of murdering a "hero" who tried to intervene during a violent break-in. John Smyth, 63, was ...

George Ness had been abusing crack cocaine when he arrived at a Bridie Nye's flat in Wallsend looking for drugs or money and turned violent. When 63-year-old John Smyth, who was visiting Bridie ...

George Ness has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years for fatally attacking John Smyth in a “drink and drug-fuelled rage”. | ITV News Tyne Tees ...

Foul-mouthed killer George Ness shows no remorse as he becomes aggressive with police as they arrest him for murder. Hours after bludgeoning John Smyth to death in a Wallsend back yard ...

George Ness, 41, denies murder, aggravated burglary and possessing a knife. Mr Ness told jurors he had gone to Mr Smyth's neighbour's home to buy drugs and feared he would be killed. The court ...

John Smyth, 63, was repeatedly struck with a wooden plank after trying to stop George Ness, 41, smashing his way into a woman's home in Wallsend, Newcastle Crown Court has heard. In his closing ...

Crack cocaine addict George Ness was found guilty of murder A "despicable" drug addict who murdered a "hero" who was trying to stop him smashing his way into a woman's flat has been jailed for at ...