A thug who left his step brother "close to death" after a row over their dad's ashes descended into brutal violence has been jailed for life.
Peter Hogg viciously slammed his unconscious victim's head against the pavement in a sickening attack, having already rained down dozens of ferocious blows upon him and continued to punch him in the face even after he had been knocked out. The relative was left fighting for his life and is still in hospital more than eight months later.
Liverpool Crown Court heard today, Friday, that the incident in the early hours of December 2 last year was captured on CCTV footage. It showed Hogg, of Haggerston Road in Walton, repeatedly punching Phillip Williams to the head in the street after an argument erupted over where the ashes of the complainant's late father should be placed.
