Age: 29 (45 after sentence)
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Sentence: 16 May 2017 (for 16 years)
End Of Full Sentence: 16 May 2033
Place: Sandy Path, Pendlebury, Greater Manchester
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
James Wilde and Paul O'Neill were convicted for killing Paul Croft 19.
James Wilde was convicted of murder.
Paul O'Neill was convicted of manslaughter.
Paul Croft was killed in the Sandy Path, an alleyway next to the Lord Nelson pub in Pendlebury, Greater Manchester on 25 March 2005.
He died a week later on 31 March 2005.
A man who had already been arrested for his murder twice was arrested for a third time in 2016 after a witness came forward.
see BBC
