A powerfully-built thug killed his "puny" victim with a single punch after bad blood between neighbours ended in tragedy.
William Longworth had fallen out with Noel Reynolds' cousin and her family after an earlier incident in the street where they lived in North Shields. When Noel and his friend turned up to visit his cousin, unaware she had moved, Longworth got wind of the fact he was there.
Despite being on bail banning him from entering the street, Gunnerton Place, he went looking for Noel. He found him nearby, blocked his path then felled the seven-stone victim with one punch, causing a catastrophic brain injury. Longworth and his partner, Marie Office, then concocted a false alibi saying they had been together all night. Now Longworth has been jailed for manslaughter while Office was given a suspended sentence for perverting the course of justice.
