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 ...

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

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 ...