Two brothers and a 15-year-old boy who punched and kicked a man to death have been sentenced.
Jay Byrne, 26, of Leyland Road in Southport, and Joseph Byrne, 25, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Christopher Molloy, although both were cleared of murder after a trial. The teenage boy, who can't be named for legal reasons, was convicted of murder by the jury after three hours and 41 minutes of deliberation, and all three appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday for sentence.
Stella Hayden, prosecuting, outlined the facts of the case heard during the trial. She detailed that at 1.13am on July 12, police on patrol in Bootle were flagged down and officers were informed about a male lying unconscious on Stanley Road, Bootle.
