As Alan Murphy lay on his couch, covered in blood, he told his brother he was 'sorry'. "That was his last breath," his older sibling Kevin said. "Alan just stopped, his eyes were open but there was nothing there." The unenviable, heartbreaking task of informing their mother of her son's grave situation fell to him. "He's gone this time, he's gone," Kevin recalled telling her. READ MORE: The cheapest house up for sale in Greater Manchester at just £24,000 "There's nothing bringing him back.
She didn't know what to say." It was clear Alan had been the victim of a brutal attack. The motive for this horrific murder turned out to be one of the oldest in the book - love.
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