The jury in the trial of a man charged with murdering a 22-year-old football fan in a fight in Blackpool have started their deliberations. Officers from Lancashire Police were called to Central Drive at 5.33pm on Saturday, June 25 2022 following reports of people fighting. When they arrived they found a man with a serious head injury.
He was sentenced at Preston crown Court to 30 months for robbery and 10 months consecutively for the assault. This week, his co-defendant Paul Atherton, 36, of Knowsley Crescent, Thornton has been standing trial charged with murder, Section 18 Wounding, Section 47 Wounding, two Section 39 Assaults and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place. At 2.30pm today the jury at Preston Crown Court retired to consider their verdict.