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 ...

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, who moved ...

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 ...

Portuguese police have confirmed the arrest of an NI man wanted in Spain over the Costa Blanca murder of John George last year. They also confirmed Jonny Smyth (26) had been held in the northern ...

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 Belfast man wanted for questioning by Spanish authorities in connection with the murder of John George is due to face an ...

George Ness was "completely out of control" when he inflicted skull fractures and unsurvivable brain injuries on John Smyth, 63, who was born in Glasgow, then stamped on his body as he lay ...

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 ...

George Ness was “completely out of control” when he inflicted skull fractures and unsurvivable brain injuries on John Smyth, 63, who was born in Glasgow, then stamped on his body as he lay ...