A man killed a 65-year-old by attacking him over a comment about childcare - before texting a friend to say he would 'have to hide', a court has heard. Nathan Scott Williams told eyewitnesses he 'didn't mean it' as Stuart Newton lay on the ground with serious injuries to his head.
Williams, 32, stood trial last year accused of Mr Newton's murder - but a jury was unable to reach a verdict. Today (May 3), he was put behind bars for 12 years and four months having pleaded guilty to manslaughter earlier this year.
Preston Crown Court heard that on the evening February 12, 2020, Williams and Mr Newton had been socialising with others at a property in Oswaldtwistle, east Lancashire. The atmosphere at the start was jovial, but this changed after Mr Newton mistakenly directed a comment regarding childcare arrangements towards the defendant.
