If found guilty, Zac Newman faces a life sentence
A jury has been sent out to decide whether or not a 27-year-old van driver murdered a talented footballer and Derby County fan in Ilkeston . Following a two-week trial at Derby Crown Court they must now reach a verdict which could see Zac Newman jailed for life.
On the first day of the trial, more than two weeks ago, relatives of Mr Wilson, who was a member of the Curzon Football Club and also a Derby County season ticket holder, wept openly as CCTV footage was shown during the opening remarks by prosecutor John Lloyd Jones KC.
Newman then headed into Ilkeston town centre, parked his white van in the Pimlico car park and headed for The Harrow pub before moving on to the Market Inn at about 10.40pm. Between then and 2am, Mr Lloyd-Jones said that Newman drank "five doubles, two shots and snorted cocaine on five occasions". Mr Lloyd-Jones said: "It should have been all over at this point but Newman decided to follow Quinn Raeside and finding him in the foyer, provoked another confrontation. They both exited the Market Inn and congregated in groups outside in the Market Place.
Mr Rowley "had a lucky escape", according to Mr Lloyd-Jones, after he was knocked over by the van and received cuts and grazes and bruises to his left ankle. Mr Cardwell was knocked of his feet, hit his head on the paving and suffered a gash to the back of his head requiring 10 stitches.
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