Two killers who licked blood from dead man's face jailed for 'savage murder'

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Two men who licked blood from their victim's face have been caged for an “unmerciful and savage murder.” Samuel Atcheson and Steven Arthur Hunter, both from Ballymena, Northern Ireland, brutally killed Donald Harold Fraser-Rennie, 33, on October 29, 2020.

Dad-of-three Donald's lifeless body was discovered at Atcheson’s flat by police. It was the prosecution case that he died as a result of a “unmerciful, prolonged and sustained attack", reports Belfast Live.Atcheson, 36, will serve a minimum of 16 years before he is eligible for parole, while Hunter, 32, will spend at least 15 years behind bars.

The senseless murder was filmed by the attackers, with Hunter's 58-second video being shown in Belfast Crown Court last month.Senior prosecutor, Ciaran Murphy KC, said the victim, originally from England, died as a result of a “beating and had been subjected to gratuitous violence”.

Murphy explained following the murder, Atcheson sent a Facebook message to a relative saying: “There is a dead man in my flat.”Atcheson dialled 999 the morning after the attack and told a call handler: “We need your assistance at 5D Crebilly Road as soon as possible.