Pub owner killed by punch to neck in ‘unprovoked and senseless attack’

Billy Allison, 36, from Solihull has been charged with the murder of Matt O’Gara at the Ricco and Loren bar in Lichfield (Picture: Phil Barnett/PA Wire)

A pub owner was killed by a punch to the neck as part of a ‘completely unprovoked and senseless attack’ in a bar, a murder trial has heard.

Billy Allison, 36, who founded Raise the Colours, is alleged to have delivered a ‘very, very hard’ punch to 44-year-old Matthew O’Gara at Ricco and Loren bar in Lichfield on May 24, Stafford Crown Court heard on Wednesday.

Allison denies the murder of Mr O’Gara and charges of grievous bodily harm with intent to Mr O’Gara’s friend Adam Cooper, but admits charges of manslaughter and inflicting grievous bodily harm.

Prosecution counsel Timothy Hannam KC said Allison, of Cropthorne Road in Shirley, Solihull, Read Entire Article