Six men jailed for killing a man who tried to step in as 'peacemaker' to stop an attack
Six men found guilty of killing a man who tried to step in as "peacemaker" and stop an attack have been jailed.
Mr Cox and his friends ended up in The Clifton pub, West Midlands Police said, and as he made his way to a taxi rank, a man accidentally bumped into one of the defendants, Joe Williams.Williams' group attacked the man, with Ashwin dragging him into the road and back towards the pub, police added.His family said in a tribute released by police that he was never aggressive but "would step up and front anything that wasn't right".
The Wolverhampton Wanderers season ticket holder spent his time looking after his son and looked after himself, going to the gym, Det Insp Harrison added. Shane and Sebastian Jones, Burke, Halliday and Nickin, of Limes Avenue, Pensnett, were also convicted of violent disorder and assault occasioning actual bodily harm, with Ashwin admitting those counts.
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