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'Battered to death with slab'.


A MAN was beaten to death with a paving slab while he celebrated Hearts' victory over Hibs in the Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup[1], usually known as the Scottish Cup, is the national cup knockout competition in Scottish football. The trophy awarded to the winners has the distinction of being the oldest national trophy in the world.  semis, a court heard yesterday.

A witness told how John Graham John Graham, Johnny Graham or Jack Graham may be:

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, 21, shouted shout  
n.
A loud cry.

tr. & intr.v. shout·ed, shout·ing, shouts
To say with or utter a shout.

Phrasal Verb:
shout down
To overwhelm or silence by shouting loudly.
: "Ha, ha, Tam's dead" after hitting Tam Hart, 51.

The high court in Edinburgh heard Mr Hart went out to confront Graham after he appeared in his Pilton garden throwing liquid.

Fork lift truck driver Scott Girdwood, 30, said Graham picked up what he thought was a slab and knocked Mr Hart down.

Mr Girdwood said: "He then moved so he was over Tam's face and hit him three or four times, full force, in the face."

"Graham came back a couple of minutes later. He was shouting: 'Ha, ha, Tam's dead.' "

Graham denies murder. The trial continues.
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Publication:The Mirror (London, England)
Date:Feb 22, 2007
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