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, of North Shields, had bludgeoned John Smyth to death when police arrested him at Wallsend Metro station ...
A former friend of the 41-year-old has told how his ex-pal changed in the years before he killed Royal Navy veteran John ...
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 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 ...
A former friend of a drug addict who brutally killed a Royal Navy veteran has said the murderer had changed in the years ...
George Ness, of North Shields, bludgeoned John Smyth to death when he tried to chase him away from his neighbour's flat in ...
A man has been found guilty of murdering a "hero" who tried to intervene during a violent break-in. John Smyth, 63, was ...
The court has heard Mr Smyth was staying at his neighbour Bridi Nye's home on Holly Avenue on the night of 21 September 2024. At about 05:00 BST on 22 September, Mr Ness arrived claiming he wanted ...
A man's claim he was acting in self-defence when he battered to death a good Samaritan who had intervened in a burglary is a "nonsense", prosecutors have said. John Smyth, 63, was repeatedly ...