A father and his two sons have been jailed for battering and killing a man with a wrench in Birmingham, for his two Rolex watches.
Lee O'Brien, 51, and his two son's, Lewis, 31, and Luke, 36, killed Darren Smith after being him in broad daylight in Shard End .A father and his two sons have been jailed for beating a man to death with a wrench inLee O’Brien, 51, and sons Luke, 36, and Lewis, 31, ambushed Darren Smith outside a row of shops in broad daylight inThe 51-year-old had been to a phone shop to buy a new mobile phone case when he was beaten by the trio on Heath Way.
Darren Smith, 51, was pronounced dead at the scene after being beaten and hit with a wrench, before his two Rolex watches were stolen.Darren walked unsteadily out of the shop, before collapsing nearby, where members of the public gave first aid until emergency services arrived.After Mr Smith was attacked, shop workers were threatened before the trio fled in their cars.Lee O’Brien and his two sons Luke and Lewis fled to Torquay in a friend's car - which was then traced by police.
“My thought’s remain with Mr Smith’s family at this distressing time, I hope that these sentences bring them some sense of justice being done.”
Shard End West Midlands Police
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