The mother of a man who was killed in a gang robbery said her son was “in the summer of his life” and was hoping to become a father.
Thomas Edmunds, 36, died in hospital after three men and a teenager, all of whom he knew, attacked him and stole his money for drugs and alcohol.
During the assault, Mr Edmunds, from Liverpool, was put in a fatal chokehold by Thomas Broadhurst, a man he had known for 20 years, while Kevin Condliffe, Terence Bennett and Kevin Nethercote took his money. READ MORE:Traffic police stop car on M60 following reports of kidnapping In a moving statement in court last Friday, Mr Edmunds’ mother Sheila described how her son’s death had come when he was finding his footing in life and as he hoped to become a father, the Liverpool Echo reports.
Mrs Edmunds said: “Tom was in the summer of his life. He had a new focus and was making a career within the building trade. “He was happy with his life at this point, for the first time in a long time he had something to aim for, something in which he could have achieved and been successful.” She said the 36 year old loved spending time with his nieces and nephews and, like other family members, wanted kids of his own.
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