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

Gordon Lapsley has told of his heartache at hearing how his Royal Navy comrade was battered to death by George Ness in ...

A key figure in the Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC) has called for greater transparency in the decision-making process for choosing the next Archbishop of Canterbury, who will lead the ...

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 ...

John Smyth, 63, was battered to death in a backyard in Wallsend as he tried to stop George Ness from smashing his way into a woman's flat. Ness, 41, from North Shields, had claimed self-defence ...

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 ...

He hurt us. … Guide was an only boy in a family of seven girls. What he (the abuser) did was grossly unfair. May his spirit burn in hell!” These are sentiments… Continue Reading → ...

When 63-year-old John Smyth, who was visiting Bridie, bravely went outside to try chase him away, he was battered to death with a piece of wood. Now Ness, 41, of Avon Avenue, North Shields ...

George Ness repeatedly battered John Smyth, 63, with a wooden plank in a backyard in Wallsend, then searched his dying victim's pockets to steal his phone, Newcastle Crown Court heard. The 41-year ...

A friend of murdered John Smyth has today told of his devastation at the way he died. And Gordon Lapsley said he was heartbroken that he never got the chance to be reunited with his comrade ...