Updated: 17:39, 7 May 2021
SIX thugs have been found guilty of battering a peacekeeper dad to death when he tried to help break up a fight outside a Wetherspoons.
Reece Cox, 24, was viciously punched and kicked by the gang after they surrounded him like a pack of animals before launching their savage attack.
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Dad-of-one Reece Cox, 24, was trying to break up a fight when he was battered to deathCredit: BPM
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Five of the men now been found guilty of his murder, while a sixth was convicted of manslaughterCredit: SWNS
The Good Samaritan dad-of-one had stepped in to help a friend being assaulted by the yobs outside The Clifton pub, in Sedgley, West Mids., on August 15 last year.
Five thugs who battered to death a new father when he tried to break up a fight outside a pub have been found guilty of murder.
Reece Cox, 24, was viciously punched and kicked by the group after they surrounded him like a pack of animals before launching their savage attack outside a JD Wetherspoon pub.
The father-of-one stepped in to help a friend being assaulted by outside The Clifton pub, in Sedgley, West Midlands, on August 15 last year.
Mr Cox was pronounced dead at the scene after suffering serious head injuries despite the best efforts of medics to save him.
SIX men have been found guilty of killing a young man in Sedgley last summer. Shane Jones, aged 26, Wayne Burke, aged 23, Shaquel Halliday, aged 22, Adam Ashwin, aged 20 and Sebastian Jones, aged 19, were all convicted of murdering the father of one on August 15 last year. Ryan Nickin, aged 22, was found guilty of manslaughter. Reece Cox, aged 24, had been on a night out with friends in Sedgley and during the evening ended up in the Clifton Public House.
Reece Cox. Pic - West Midlands Police Towards the end of the night, they all decided to go off and get food separately before going home.