Originally Posted by wirralphil
the lad who died was a bully, from what a few lads in work says about him.
the lad who was accused of hitting him was put in an id parade 5 times and not picked out once. no dna was found on the lad in question neither on the weapon. the Echo has dramatised the whole incident as a vicious beating with some wood for a bike, also the bike was stolen by the deceased.
90% of the time with incidents like this, there is a hidden story.
ive seen many of the same type of incidents in my local rag where the 'victim' was made out to be a totally innocent bystander, who was 'such a good lad, used to help grannys across the road' etc when in reality i know of them and they are nasty people who 'deserved' what they got.
not saying this incident couldnt have been amongst the 10% that ARE random attacks...but i believe in seeing the bigger picture, and not believing the first thing i hear.