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News: Latest - distributed around Yorkshire February 20, 2017 03:58:49 PM
Blue Horrobin has today been sentenced to eight years behind bars plus an additional three years to serve on licence, after being found guilty of killing Lewis Siddall, 24, in an unprovoked attack in Doncaster town centre on Thursday 13 August 2015.
Horrobin, 23, from Askern, was arrested by police on 15 August, after Mr Siddall was found dead the morning after being punched in the head by Horrobin inside the VDKA bar in Doncaster.
Horrobin appeared at Sheffield Crown Court this morning (Monday 20 February) for sentencing, after being found guilty by jury of manslaughter at trial in January 2017.
Detective Chief Inspector Steve Handley, who led the investigation, said: “Lewis was killed as the result of an unprovoked and senseless act of violence when he was simply out enjoying himself with friends.
“This was a thoughtless act that robbed a popular young man of his life, and his loving family of someone they loved so dearly. No prison sentence will bring Lewis back and they will undoubtedly feel a sense of great loss, sadness and anger for the rest of their lives. I do however hope this sentence will offer some sort of comfort and allow them to begin to heal.”
Lewis’s family who were present at court also provided a statement: “As a family we will never come to terms with the loss of our beautiful son Lewis. We speak on behalf of everyone who knew and loved him, including his friends, colleagues and pupils, but especially his brothers Karl, Blake and twin brother Russell and their partners.
“This senseless and unprovoked attack has taken the light of our lives and our hearts will never truly heal. We have found the whole experience of sitting through a trial, just to prove our son’s innocence, to be truly traumatic.
“The complete and utter devastation we feel at losing someone who was and still is the centre of our world, has truly destroyed our family unit.
“We will never completely come to terms with our loss resulting from such an unnecessary and evil act.
“Today we have some justice for Lewis and we now have to find the strength to move forward without him.”
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