'Bladdered' thug killed innocent man with one punch after seeing him speaking to his girlfriend
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA 'bladdered thug killed a 'lovely' man in a 'senseless' unprovoked attack after seeing him speaking to his girlfriend. Drink fuelled Jonathan Adamson, 25, 'launched' himself at 59-year-old David Aubert in Manchester city centre's Gay Village.
He jumped in the air and hit Mr Aubert with a 'heavy flying punch', knocking him unconscious for a time. Defenceless Mr Aubert, who was walking home when he was attacked from behind, was found dead six days later at his home. 'Paranoid' Adamson, who worked for a building company, had been in a 'jealous' rage after wrongly accusing his girlfriend of dancing too close to other men during their night out, Manchester Crown Court heard.
As the investigation into Mr Aubert's death gathered pace, Greater Manchester Police issued stills of CCTV footage in a bid to track down the killer. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community Adamson's family recognised him in the images and challenged him.
His mother later drove him to the police station. "Mum, I’m scared," Adamson told her. Now he has been jailed for seven years and four months after pleading guilty to manslaughter. "This was unprovoked, senseless violence," Judge Nicholas Dean KC told Adamson, from Stalybridge, Tameside, who wept throughout the hearing. "Your actions were utterly shocking.
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