"You took everything from me..." axe-wielding killer murdered man during 'ferocious' attack, jury told
manchestereveningnews.co.ukAn axe-wielding killer murdered a man during a 'ferocious' attack after telling his victim he'd 'took everything' from him, a jury heard.
Kieran Oldham, 37, is on trial accused of the murder of 21-year-old Liam Richardson in Rochdale. He has pleaded guilty to manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility, but denies murder.
Oldham inflicted more than a dozen blows while armed with an axe, a court heard. In the hours after the killing, Oldham told two of his friends that he'd put a 'hex' on them. "Liam Richardson lost his life as the result of what the prosecution say was a ferocious attack at the hands of this defendant," prosecutor Jaime Hamilton KC told a jury at Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court. READ MORE: Suspected shooting 'linked to van being smashed' on same street nine months ago "An attack which involved over a dozen blows with the cutting edge of an axe, and which led to multiple injuries." Neighbours had heard loud noises coming from a house on Industry Road in Rochdale, which had started at about 8pm on Sunday, October 2 last year.
After the disturbance continued, they called police at about 12.30am. When officers arrived they discovered Mr Richardson, from Middleton, on the first floor landing.
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