Lanarkshire brute jailed for minimum of 21 years for shovel and knife murder of Daniel Greer

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A Lanarkshire thug who brutally murdered his neighbour by smacking him with a shovel and stabbing him nine times has been jailed for a minimum 21 years.Nicholas Henry attacked Daniel Greer in a garden in the Greengairs area of Airdrie on October 17 2020.

He then dragged Daniel’s body back into the victim’s Rankin Crescent home, where his father made the grim discovery two days later.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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Nicholas was saying: ‘Get up you f***ing b***ard’.”The woman saw the killer strike Daniel with a shovel and stamp on him, and watched Henry drag the victim away before she closed her blinds.Henry went on to