Son found guilty of murdering his dad in 'ferocious, brutal and totally unforgiving' street attack

A son who killed his dad in a 'ferocious, brutal and totally unforgiving" street attack has been found guilty of murder.

Neil Badrock admitted manslaughter following the death of 51-year-old Neil Farrington.

But a jury unanimously found him guilty of murder after six hours and 20 minutes of deliberation, following a four-day trial, the Liverpool Echo reports.

Witnesses described him "volleying" his father and shouting "I will f***ing kill you" in an assault lasting a full five minutes.

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It only ended when police arrived and found Badrock still kicking his dad in the head, while shouting: "What do you think about that?"

Badrock, 28, accepted headbutting Mr Farrington to the ground, then punching and kicking him, because he was "angry".

He claimed his father grabbed him by the throat, he "lost his head", and had never intended to kill or seriously harm his victim.

Badrock, of Kenbury Close, Kirkby, covered his mouth with his hand when the verdict was returned, while members of his family sobbed in the public gallery at Liverpool Crown Court.

He then slumped forward and bowed his head as Judge David Aubrey, QC, said: "There can be but one sentence and that is a sentence of life imprisonment."

The trial heard Badrock set upon his dad on Monday, May 17 last year, following a 10-hour "pub crawl" on the first day after lockdown ended.

Mr Farrington suffered injuries including a broken skull and brain injury, and, after spending five weeks in a coma, died in hospital on June 21.

Prosecutors said the victim had gone to The Mainbrace pub in Kirkby to try and calm his son down, after Badrock sent him texts about a man he had argued with at the