Dad of teenage boy tragically killed by gang of youths blamed boy's grieving mum for death

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The father of a teenage boy killed by a gang of youths blamed the boy's grieving mother for his death. Ian Nice trashed his former partner Laura Tansey's car, shouted abuse at her, shared an intimate image of her on WhatsApp and sent an image of her holding her son's hand in his coffin.

He sobbed from the dock on June 15 after Bolton Magistrates' Court heard the difficult details of his "nuclear fallout" with his ex, following the passing of their son Reece, Manchester Evening News reports.The pair were in a relationship for 18 years and had two children, including Reece.

The Bolton teenager died after being stabbed six times by James White, 16, on May 4, 2021. White was found guilty of murder and jailed for 15 years following a trial last autumn, while 16-year-old Mark Nuttall - who was also present - was sentenced to six years for manslaughter.The Farnworth pair were named in February after court orders giving them anonymity were overturned, following applications made by the Manchester Evening News and the Bolton News.The court heard Nice focused his anger on former partner Ms Tansey.Prosecutor Richard Blackburn described how Nice targeted her three times over the course of a week in January - two months after their son's killers had been convicted.He said: "These offences have been committed against a tragic background that their son, Reece, was murdered in 2021 and the defendant for some time has laid blame for that on the complainant, his former partner."The court heard that on January 10, Ms Tansey was having breakfast with a friend in the café at Bolton town centre's Morrisons.

She was spotted by Nice.Mr Blackburn said Nice began to shout: "She was the one who killed our son Reece."Ms Tansey was "particularly