In the third part of Nottinghamshire Live's exclusive conversation with murderer Michael O'Brien from inside his prison cell, Legal Affairs Correspondent Rebecca Sherdley digs into his childhood and how the death of his dad left him scarred for life.
He had a "blinding childhood", says convicted murderer Michael O'Brien, who has served 19 years of a life sentence for the murder of 22-year-old Marvyn Bradshaw in Bulwell in 2003. But there was personal tragedy which set him on the rough road to crime.
O'Brien's dad died three or four days before his 13th birthday when his family lived in Wollaton Park. His mum, Joan, met John Stirland, of St Ann's, who she later married. Speaking from a phone in his cell, O'Brien remembers how they moved to St Ann's and he was probably "a nightmare" for his step-dad and he didn't get on with him.
