Postman Jailed for 12 Years for Killing Neighbour in Dispute over Closing Gate

Man who beat pensioner to death in row over gate jailed for just 12 years

Trevor Gocan, 57, punched and kicked James "Jim" O'Neill, 74, outside their housing estate in Covent Garden, central London, leaving him with a traumatic brain injury.

Postman jailed for 12 years for killing neighbour in dispute over closing gate

Trevor Gocan, 57, assaulted his pensioner neighbour James O'Neill so violently that the 74-year-old lost a tooth and later died in hospital two weeks later

Man beat elderly neighbour to death in argument over shutting gate

The confrontation lasted less than 90 seconds, a court was told

Killer jailed for beating neighbour to death after row over closing a gate

A man has been jailed for 12 years for killing his elderly neighbour in a row over shutting a gate.

Man who beat pensioner to death over gate row jailed for 12 years

Trevor Gocan was sentenced for the fatal assault on Jim O’Neill, 74, over a gate being left open. A man has been jailed for 12 years for killing his elderly neighbour in a row over shutting a gate. Trevor Gocan, 57, punched and kicked James “Jim” O’Neill, 74, outside their housing estate in Covent Garden, central London, leaving him with a traumatic brain injury. He died in hospital two weeks later. Southwark Crown Court heard on Thursday how th…

Man jailed for 12 years after beating neighbour, 75, to death over a garden gate

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