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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Jonathan Humphries

Beechwood gang thugs stamped on man's head as woman screamed

A street gang thug told a judge "nice one" after being locked up for stamping on a man's head as a woman screamed for him and his accomplice to stop.

Kieran Salkeld, 28, and Jake Duffy, 22, were recorded on a Ring doorbell camera cornering victim Sam Searson in the front yard of a property on Highfield Road, Rock Ferry, at 11.45am on December 23 last year. Some of the footage had been shared on social media and showed both Salkeld and Duffy kicking, punching and stamping on the helpless Mr Searson for around a minute.

The pair appeared in Liverpool Crown Court today for sentence, after pleading guilty to unlawful wounding without intent and affray at an earlier hearing. Katy Appleton, prosecuting, told the court: "The footage shows the victim, who has been identified as Sam Searson, riding a bicycle along Highfield Road, when a vehicle approaches from behind.

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