A uni graduate who pushed a boy off a bike was beaten to death in a broad daylight “revenge attack” by two men, a jury has heard.
David Allan, 23, died on June 5 this year on Wythenshawe Road in the Northern Moor area of Manchester. Mr Allan was hit with such force that an artery tore in the base of his skull, the court heard.
Two men, Aiden Matthews, 30, and Joseph Stott, aged 33, are both charged with one offence of murder, the Manchester Evening News reports.
Matthews has already pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denies murder. Stott also denies murder. A trial at Manchester Crown Court heard Matthews was seen by witnesses delivering ‘at least five or six forceful, heavy blows with a metal torch’ to Mr Allan's head and upper body.
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