Ammonia attack gang face life sentences after being found guilty of murdering man
dailyrecord.co.ukA murder gang will be jailed for life after they were convicted of killing a man during a spate of chemical attacks.Andrew Foster died after he was squirted with ammonia at his home during a series of attacks in Gateshead and South Tyneside which also caused a woman to lose an eye.
Newcastle Crown Court heard how Youssef Wynne was a drug dealer and John Wandless, Kenneth Fawcett and Josh Hawthorn worked for him, reports Chronicle Live.All four were found guilty of all counts they were charged with in court, including murdering and robbing Mr Foster at his home in Wrekenton.
Fawcett and Wandless were physically present at the fatal attack and Wynne and Hawthorn were both involved in organising it.During the trial, Mark McKone KC, prosecuting, told jurors: "On the night of the 20th of August last year, Andrew Foster was at home with his partner when two men entered his home and attacked him by throwing a chemical in his face.
As a result, he couldn’t breathe. He suffered a severe respiratory attack, he had a heart attack and died."The chemical attack upon Mr Foster was the fourth similar chemical attack in that general area in just 11 days, between 9th and 20th of August.
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