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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Tom Wilkinson

Decorator who murdered grandfather in van hit-and-run jailed for 32 years

Nature-loving family man Brian Darby who was murdered in a hit and run (Cleveland Police/PA) -

A painter and decorator who drove into a group of people to avenge his son while he was high on drink and drugs has been jailed for a minimum of 32 years for murdering a much-loved grandfather.

Martin Breeze, 57, swerved off the road and smashed into a group who had been in a disagreement with his son Shaun, 30, who had gone out to buy drugs.

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