'Bladdered' thug killed innocent man with one punch after seeing him speaking to his girlfriend
17.04.2023 - 21:23
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A 'bladdered thug killed a 'lovely' man in a 'senseless' unprovoked attack after seeing him speaking to his girlfriend. Drink fuelled Jonathan Adamson, 25, 'launched' himself at 59-year-old David Aubert in Manchester city centre's Gay Village.
He jumped in the air and hit Mr Aubert with a 'heavy flying punch', knocking him unconscious for a time. Defenceless Mr Aubert, who was walking home when he was attacked from behind, was found dead six days later at his home.
'Paranoid' Adamson, who worked for a building company, had been in a 'jealous' rage after wrongly accusing his girlfriend of dancing too close to other men during their night out, Manchester Crown Court heard. As the investigation into Mr Aubert's death gathered pace, Greater Manchester Police issued stills of CCTV footage in a bid to track down the killer.
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Adamson's family recognised him in the images and challenged him. His mother later drove him to the police station. "Mum, I’m scared," Adamson told her.
Now he has been jailed for seven years and four months after pleading guilty to manslaughter. "This was unprovoked, senseless violence," Judge Nicholas Dean KC told Adamson, from Stalybridge, Tameside, who wept throughout the hearing.
"Your actions were utterly shocking. Only you can say why you acted as you did. You will live with what you have done for the rest of your life, but so too will Mr Aubert's family."
Prosecuting, Alaric Bassano told how Adamson had been out in Manchester city centre on Wednesday, June 1 last year with his girlfriend and two of their friends. They had been drinking at several bars and Adamson had 'erroneously' accused his girlfriend of dancing 'too close