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A man has been found not guilty of killing his dad following a week-long trial as his family applauded from the public gallery. Joseph McGowan, 20, was accused of the murder of his dad Darren McGowan following an incident in their home in Stockport in April this year.
Prosecutors alleged that in the early hours of the morning, three people had left the house after a row developed between the two men. Jurors were told that Joseph McGowan ‘lost his temper’ and grabbed his 51-year-old father in a chokehold or ‘headlock’.
He then called 999, and told the operator that he ‘wasn’t breathing’, before later telling attending police officers: “Me and my dad were arguing and I don’t know what to do. We were fighting and I choked my dad out.”
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Joseph McGowan denied an offence of murder and alternate offence of manslaughter. Following a week-long trial at Manchester Crown Court, he was acquitted of both offences.
After the jurors returned their verdict, Joseph McGowan’s family, who had remained supportive at court throughout, jumped to their feet and applauded as a judge told him he was free to leave court.
Opening the case to the jury last week, prosecutor Owen Edwards KC said: “We do not say that Joseph McGowan intended to kill his father. What we say is that he lost his temper and meant to really hurt him.
“We say he knew his father was drunk and in poor health and that he intended the serious harm that resulted from his choking action.”
Mr Edwards said that Darren McGowan was married to Angela McGowan, and they had two sons together, one of which was Joseph
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