Challenge Yobs Call

THE police chief of the county where Garry Newlove was kicked to death has courted controversy by urging people to challenge yobs.

Cheshire Police Chief Constable Peter Fahy was speaking in the aftermath of the furore sparked when it emerged one of Mr Newlove’s killers had been released on bail hours before his murder. His comments came as a judge blamed politicians for the reasons why “bail is so readily granted”.

Adam Swellings, 19, from Crewe; Stephen Sorton, 17, of Warrington; and Jordan Cun-liffe, 16, formerly of Warrington, were convicted at Chester Crown Court on Wednesday of murdering the 47- year-old outside his Warrington home last August after he confronted a gang of drunken teenagers over acts of vandalism. Swellings was on bail at the time of the attack.

Mr Fahy told ITV1′s Granada Reports last night: “I personally think we cannot have a society where law abiding people like Garry Newlove cannot go out and challenge people that are damaging their property, otherwise we’ll just have the yobs ruling the streets.”

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