Some 161 days ago, a member of Manchester’s planning committee urged his fellow councillors to ‘rip the plaster off’ and to stop ‘dancing around the dog s***’.
20.06.2024 - 11:43 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The son of alleged murder victim Gary Belfield, who was found stabbed at his home earlier this year, has told of how he has lost his 'best friend'
Gary, who grew up in Manchester, was pronounced dead at the scene at his Gateshead home in April. Three teenagers have since appeared in court accused of murdering the 40-year-old, who moved to Tyneside from Manchester five years ago.
Now Gary's devastated son, 22-year-old Luke Williams, who was also allegedly attacked in the incident, has spoken out about his grief and the loss of his 'loving' dad.
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Luke, from Oldham told the Chronicle: "We were always close, I'm literally just like his double. He wasn't just my dad, he was my best friend and like an older brother. He was such a good person. You would just never imagine something like this would happen."
Dad-of-three Luke explained that his dad grew-up in Manchester before moving to Gateshead in 2019 after starting a new relationship. At the start of this year, Luke also came to Tyneside to live with his dad at his home on Elliott Drive in Felling.
Luke said Gary, who started working as an Amazon delivery driver after moving to the North East, liked to go out for a drink but otherwise enjoyed a quiet life and liked to stay at home with his Staffordshire bull terrier, Harley.
"He was a fun guy. He was always easy going, he had a good sense of humour," he said. "He liked too keep himself to himself and have chilled nights in. He like to play video games and watch TV series like Fallout and he also loved Vikings and Assassins Creed."
After Luke moved in with Gary, his dad supported him through a rough patch in his life.
"He was a good loving dad. We would
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