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 ...
George Ness, of North Shields, bludgeoned John Smyth to death when he tried to chase him away from his neighbour's flat 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 ...
Hours after bludgeoning John Smyth to death in a Wallsend back yard, police caught up with Ness at Wallsend Metro station. In ...
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 ...
George Ness has been jailed for life for fatally attacking John Smyth in a “drink and drug-fuelled rage”, as Gregg Easteal reports A man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 ...
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 ...