Killer son was still kicking dad's head in when cops arrived

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A son who killed his dad by repeatedly kicking him in the head was found guilty of murder on February 4.Neil Badrock, 28, admitted manslaughter over his "ferocious, brutal and totally unforgiving" street attack on Neil Farrington, 51.

Witnesses described him "volleying" his father and screaming "I will f***ing kill you" in an attack lasting a full five minutes, Liverpool Echo reports.

It only ceased when police officers arrived at the scene and discovered Badrock still kicking his dad in the head, while shouting: "What do you think about that?" Badrock accepted headbutting Mr Farrington to the ground, then striking and punching him, because he was "angry".He claimed his father grabbed him by the throat, he "lost his head", and had never intended to kill or seriously harm his victim.But a jury unanimously found him guilty of murder after six hours and 20 minutes of deliberation, following a four-day trial.

Badrock, of Kenbury Close, Kirkby, covered his mouth with his hand when the verdict was returned, while members of his family sobbed in the public gallery at Liverpool Crown Court.He then slumped forward and bowed his head as Judge David Aubrey, QC, said: "There can be but one sentence and that is a sentence of life imprisonment."The trial heard Badrock set upon his dad on Monday, May 17 last year, following a 10-hour "pub crawl" on the first day after lockdown ended.Mr Farrington suffered injuries including a broken skull and brain injury, and, after spending five weeks in a coma, died in hospital on June 21.Prosecutors said the victim had gone to The Mainbrace pub in Kirkby to try and calm his son down, after Badrock sent him texts about a man he had argued with at the pub, saying: "I will bite his f***ing windpipe