How park row over dog mess led to ‘much loved’ man being beaten to death by teenage gang
by Tara Cobham
Mar 21, 2024
3 minutes
An altercation over dog mess in a park led to a vicious attack and a “much loved” man’s death at the hands of a teenage gang.
John Hackett, 36 – a beloved son, brother, nephew and cousin – would walk his dog at a park in Warwickshire after work every day.
It was on one of those daily walks that he was fatally attacked by three teenagers in April last year, while the rest of the gang of 12 watched on and filmed the violence for their “entertainment”.
The 16-year-old girl and two and were all jailed by Mr Justice Choudhury KC at in Leamington Spa on Thursday.
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