US EditionNorth East Footballer Who Killed Another Player in ‘Cowardly’ One-Punch Attack Is Jailed
YORK RAILWAY STATION, JUL 16 – Mckenzie Dicicco was jailed for six years and eight months after delivering a fatal punch to James Hitchcock during a drunken altercation at York Railway Station.
- On Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at Leeds Crown Court, Dicicco was jailed for six years and eight months after pleading guilty to manslaughter of James Hitchcock at York railway station on December 15, 2024.
- Following a group encounter, Judge Guy Kearl KC said Dicicco arrived 8.06pm drunk and aggressive, became “fixated” on harming James Hitchcock.
- Mckenzie Dicicco, from Platform 10, ran across the station bridge before delivering a punch, prosecutor Paul Greaney KC said.
- Despite efforts, James Hitchcock never regained consciousness and died three days later, and Detective Superintendent Sam Painter said: "This was a senseless and completely unnecessary act of violence that led to the tragic loss of a much-loved family man."
- In the football community, friend Ben Lewis said, adding `cup competitions and memorial matches have been named in memory of the amazing person he was`.
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Footballer, who killed fellow non league player in ‘cowardly’ one-punch attack, is jailed
A footballer, who killed a fellow non league player in a ‘cowardly’ one-punch attack, is jailed for nearly seven years. On Wednesday, Mckenzie Dicicco, 22, was jailed for six years and eight months after pleading guilty to manslaughter for fatally punching James Hitchcock, a 32-year-old married father and goalkeeper for Barton Town FC, at York railway station on December 15th, 2024. The two men, strangers until that day, crossed paths after Dici…
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