Man brutally beat another man to death in 'horrifically violent' pub toilet attack

 

A man who beat another man to death in a pub toilet has been locked up.

Derek Bentham has been jailed for life, and must serve a minimum of 13 years before being considered for parole following the brutal attack in Hindley.

The 46-year-old, of Smithwood Avenue, Hindley, was found guilty of murder at an earlier hearing.
The court heard how his victim, Lee Christy, was drinking with a close friend at the Bears Paw pub on Market Street, when he went into the toilet.


Bentham, who was also in the pub with his girlfriend, followed him in a short time later.
He then carried out a brutal premeditated attack on the 45-year-old, on Saturday, September 15. He knocked him to the ground, the climbed on top of him and then repeatedly punched him in the face.
Bentham then began head-butting his victim. He then walked away, but turned back and kicked his helpless victim one last time.

The attacker then walked out of the toilets and left the pub with his girlfriend.
Lee was carried out of the toilets, and managed to make it home to his flat across the road before an ambulance took him to hospital. The vicitm died three days later in a hospital.