A man killed a 61-year-old dad after pushing him over outside a pub in Wigan just three days before Christmas. Carl Sinclair, 58, assaulted Roy Halliwell on December 22 last year after he had been seen 'nonsensically shouting' at him and 'making threats'.
Sinclair then followed Halliwell to a pub on Wallgate, where he violently pushed him to the ground, causing Roy to hit his head before leaving him lying in the street.
Roy was taken to hospital but died a week later from his injuries. Greater Manchester Police began investigating the incident and after interviewing a number of witnesses at the scene, officers quickly identified Sinclair as the suspect. Join our WhatsApp Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link He was initially arrested at home on suspicion of an assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
He was then later re-arrested, charged with manslaughter and remanded into custody whilst awaiting trial. The 58-year-old appeared at Bolton Crown Court via live link from HMP Forest Bank for sentencing after he pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to charges of manslaughter.