18 YEARS FOR 'NO GO ZONE' MURDER; Thug stabbed victim in back.Byline: BY DAVID David, in the Bible David, d. c.970 B.C., king of ancient Israel (c.1010–970 B.C.), successor of Saul. The Book of First Samuel introduces him as the youngest of eight sons who is anointed king by Samuel to replace Saul, who had been deemed a failure. COLLINS A HOODIE hoodie hood n (top) → sweat m à capuche; (youth) → jeune m à capuche gang leader who knifed an innocent passer-by in the back was yesterday jailed for at least 18 years for murder. Liam Cromie, 20, stabbed David Cornall, 30, after the victim strayed into a public park turned into a "no-go zone" by thugs. The blade was plunged in with such force it almost came out through his chest, a court heard. David, who was on his way home after a night out in Preston town centre, managed to stagger to his house, where he collapsed in front of his sister Becky. His life had been "callously cal·lous adj. 1. Having calluses; toughened: callous skin on the elbow. 2. Emotionally hardened; unfeeling: a callous indifference to the suffering of others. " ended because he had been in the "wrong place at the wrong time", jurors were told. Killer Cromie was caught after police secretly bugged his home on Preston's tough Callon estate and taped him confessing to the murder. Cromie told a friend he was thinking of fleeing to Ireland and was taped boasting: "I did the murder. I stabbed him." He was also recorded talking about the murder to another pal and saying: "I'm not bothered." The judge at Preston crown court jailed him for life with a recommendation he serve a minimum 18 years. Earlier, Cromie stretched his arms wide and yawned in the dock as he was found guilty of murder. Mr Justice Julian Flaux told him: "Your mindless violence ended the life of an innocent man. It is difficult to imagine a more cowardly attack on a man who was doing nothing more than minding his own business. "This was a savage and unprovoked attack and you have shown little if any remorse Remorse See also Regret. Ayenbite of Inwit (Remorse of Conscience) Middle English version of medieval moral treatise, c. 1340. [Br. Lit. ." Mr Cornall's death came amid a surge of shootings and stabbings linked to turf or drug disputes between the Callon and Faringdon Park gangs. David strayed into the park on the night of February 12 and was confronted by Cromie and his gang. Cromie wrongly believed that he recognised David as a man who had given a witness statement against him and cycled up to him with a large knife. David tried to flee but Cromie plunged the knife into his back. It penetrated his lung and severed a pulmonary vein pulmonary vein n. A vein that carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart. and artery. He died in hospital three hours later. Your mindless violence ended the life of an innocent man JUDGE MR JUSTICE JULIAN FLAUX CAPTION(S): SAVAGE Liam Cromie, 20 |
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