Shortly before 1am on October 3 last year officers attended what they believed to be a domestic incident on Industry Road in Rochdale. What they would walk in to was the scene of a brutal murder.
Liam Richardson, 21, had suffered horrendous injuries at the hands of a raging axeman, having been hit over the head by 18 blows in a 'frenzied attack'. Blood was splattered across the walls and carpet near where his body was discovered.
"S***, he's f****** dead," one of the first officers on the scene said after making their way inside. Their first thoughts were to do anything they could to help him.
