Man murdered his own father with repeated blows to the head

A Preston man callously informed his father he higher telephone an ambulance after breaking into his house and repeatedly punching him within the head.

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Though the sufferer was in a position to name the police and inform them what occurred, he was later revealed to have a bleed to the mind and died in October.

Austin Duckworth was immediately (12 April) discovered responsible of murdering Stephen Duckworth, his father, in an assault final 12 months.

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Austin Duckworth had already breached his bail situations on 26 August by attending the house of the sufferer Stephen Duckworth on St George’s Street. He compelled his method into his father’s house and repeatedly punched him to the top, earlier than strolling away, telling his father he higher name an ambulance.

Stephen was in a position to contact the police and offered an account of what had occurred. He declined medical consideration initially, however he felt more and more unwell because the day progressed, leading to him calling for an ambulance later that very same night.

Stephen was taken to hospital the place it was found that he had a ‘devastating bleed to the mind’. Regardless of the perfect efforts of medical workers, Stephen died from his accidents on 12 October.

A put up mortem examination revealed the reason for Stephen’s loss of life was blunt power head trauma. After a five-day trial at Preston Crown Court docket, Austin Duckworth, 37, of no mounted deal with, was discovered responsible of homicide.

He shall be sentenced on 16 April.

DCI Jill Riley, from Lancashire police’s Pressure Main Investigation Crew, mentioned: “This can be a tragic case involving the loss of life of a 72-year-old man, in his own residence, by the hands of his son.

“Austin Duckworth set about punching his aged father to the top and face and continued to take action as he fell to his knees and sought to guard himself from the blows together with his arms. This was a callous and violent assault and one which left Stephen with non-survivable accidents.

“This can be a very uncommon case the place a homicide sufferer was in a position to present an account of the assault to the police, which was performed to the jury throughout this trial. This was extraordinarily upsetting for members of Stephen’s household who had been current in court docket, and I need to thank them for the way in which by which they carried out themselves all through the trial and for the assist that they’ve given to this investigation.

“I’m happy that justice has been served immediately and hope this goes indirectly to offering consolation to Stephen’s household.”

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