Boozed-up 'nutcase' beat vulnerable amputee in a wheelchair to death over claim he'd sold drugs to his son
the Liverpool ECHO reports.Sharples admitted manslaughter, but denied murder, in relation to the attack in Warrington town centre on the afternoon of October 6 last year.He decided not to take the stand and offered no evidence in his defence, which rested solely on his barrister's closing speech.Stephen Wood, QC, defending, said his client did a "terrible thing", but said there was "at least a nagging doubt as to what he actually intended" given he was "clearly intoxicated".Mr Wood said witnesses described Sharples as a "nutcase", who was "frothing at the mouth", and in a police van he was calm, then suddenly flipped and banged his head on the door, before he soiled himself and stripped naked in a cell, then punched himself.He said: "The