A murderer called a high court judge a "t***" while another hurled a cup of water in disgust as they were jailed for life.
Eight men were today jailed for life with combined minimum terms of 229 years at Liverpool Crown Court for the brutal murder of former boxer Christopher Hughes. His mutilated body was discovered on a country road on the outskirts of Skelmersdale by a dogwalker after he was bundled into the back of an Audi by and viciously attacked.
The 37-year-old suffered nearly 100 separate injuries, having been hunted down by a vigilante gang who wrongly believed the dad had raped a teenager. One of the killers, Martin Smith, shook his head as he was sentenced, took a sip of water then threw his plastic cup to the floor.
