Inhumane killers laughed and joked in court in front of victim s family As a family, we will never come to terms with our loss
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Gang members who poured petrol over man and set him on fire jailed for more than 60 years
Gang members who murdered man by setting him on fire jailed for more than 60 years Three members of as gang who doused a man in petrol and set him on fire have been jailed for his murder. On Friday, the officers investigating the murder of Robert Beattie pledged to continue the search for two men that are still wanted in connection with the incident. The 48-year-old sadly died from his injuries two weeks after the attack – which came as a result of feuding gangs trying to instil fear and command their dominance in the drugs supply trade in Skelmersdale.
Three thugs who doused a vulnerable man in petrol and left him to burn alive in a brutal, horrendous and violent attack during a drugs turf war have been jailed for a total of almost 60 years.
Connah Jenkinson, 26, John O Brien, 33, and Joseph McEwan, 20, carried out the horrific assault and killed Robert Beattie as part of an ongoing feud between gangs.
The 48-year-old drug dealer was at his flat in Waverley in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, when he received a knock on his front door at around 1am on September 25, 2019.
When he answered a group of men barged into his flat and doused him and his apartment in petrol before lighting him on fire and fleeing the scene.
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Faces of killers after man set on fire on doorstep of his home
Connah Jenkinson was found guilty of murder and John O Brien and Joseph McEwan convicted of manslaughter over the death of Robert Beattie in Skelmersdale
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Connah Jenkinson, 25 and of Kremlin Drive in Tuebrook, was convicted of the murder of Robert Beattie and arson with intent to endanger life in connection with a separate attack. Image: Lancashire Police (Image: Liverpool ECHO)
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