A mum has slammed a mechanic's prison sentence after he killed her 25-year-old son in a so-called citizen's arrest. Dawn Price, 58, branded Benjamin Hunt's sentence "a joke" and said she is "not happy at all".
Stafford Crown Court heard that Hunt chased Christopher Walters after he had damaged a car with a hammer in Longton, Staffordshire, in May 2019.
Hunt, 32, then held Mr Walters by the neck, on the ground, for several minutes, using his body weight to pin him down even after Mr Walters lost consciousness.
Now Hunt, of Longton, has been jailed for 38 months after pleading guilty to manslaughter. Hunt's work colleague Jonathan Hassall, who was also involved in the incident, took his own life just days before he was due to go on trial for
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