Three young men have been found guilty of murder after they intervened in a violent dispute that had nothing to do with them and fatally stabbed the 'wrong person'. In September 2021, Kane Adamson, 19, Joshua Prescott, 20 and Ben Dawber, 19 chased a man who had just punched someone else outside a pub in Tyldesley and then launched a 'ferocious' and 'unprovoked' attack on the wrong person.
The innocent victim Thomas Williamson, 30 who suffered from mental health issues was out for a walk to clear his head when the trio stabbed him to death. He tragically died at the scene after suffering multiple fatal stab wounds, one of which penetrated his heart and lung, the Manchester Evening News reports.
Adamson, Prescott and Dawber were all sentenced to life in prison at Minshull Crown Court yesterday afternoon after all three were found guilty of murder following a trial which lasted several weeks. The trial heard that earlier in the night of the tragedy, a man called David Shuttleworth had punched another man named Jake Dinning who he thought had been arguing with his girlfriend outside Lounge Bar in Tyldesley.
