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 ...

George Ness, of North Shields, had bludgeoned John Smyth to death when police arrested him at Wallsend Metro station ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ness was arrested later that morning less than a quarter of a mile away on the platform of Wallsend Metro Station after a member of the public phoned 999, having seen him with blood on his legs and ...

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 ...