A teenage thug who killed a grandfather with one punch when he attempted to break up a fight has been jailed for less than five years.
Peacemaker Simon Beston, 55, had been out for a romantic meal with his partner and stopped to give a homeless couple some money when a group of drunk 19-year-olds who had spent the day at Newcastle Racecourse began attacking a stranger.
Mr Beston intervened and attempted to calm the youths down before a female member of the gang started arguing with his partner, Maxine, and pulled her to the ground in Newcastle city centre.
Mr Beston, of
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