Three men have been found guilty of killing a man who was doused in petrol and set alight on his doorstep. After more than 25 hours of deliberation jurors covicted Tuebrook man Connah Jenkinson of the murder of Robert Beattie in a brutal attack at his Skelmersdale home in Merseyside.
John O’Brien and Joseph McEwan were found guilty of manslaughter. Jenkinson was also found guilty of arson with intent to endanger life in relation to an attack on a different home in the town on the same night.
O’Brien, from Walton and McEwan, from Fazakerley, were found guilty of arson being reckless as to whether the life of another would be endangered in relation to the same attack, reports the Liverpool Echo.
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