Neil Badrock Kirkby Murderer – A son has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering his father in a ‘ferocious, violent, and absolutely unforgiving’ attack.
When the cops arrived, Neil Badrock was still stomping Neil Farrington’s head and yelling, “I will f***ing murder you.”
Following a 10-hour pub crawl in May of last year, the 28-year-old claimed he was acting in self-defense against his father.
After his son was thrown out, Neil, 51, went to the Mainbrace bar in Kirby, Liverpool, to try to calm him down.
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He caught up with his son on Kirkby Row shortly after 11pm, telling him ‘I’m f***ing sick of it, I’ve put up with it for 20 years,’ before pushing him.
Security cameras show Badrock falling to the floor before getting back up and headbutting his dad.
Neil Farrington tried to get his drunk son to go home so he wouldn't get into trouble.
Instead, the 28 year old subjected his father to a brutal attack lasting more than five minutes.
Mr Farrington died weeks later.https://t.co/WAni3dIkVs
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Prosecutor Guy Gozem said: ‘Plainly what Neil Badrock did to his father has nothing to do with self-defence. What he did was in one sense tragic – a son killing his father.
‘But it was, you may conclude, ferocious, brutal, and totally unforgiving, going on as it did for such an extended period.’
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Witness Rebecca Alger burst into tears in court when she relived the harrowing 999 call she made that night.
She remembered Badrock ‘bashing’ his dad’s head on the pavement next to her front wall and the noise it made, before he began kicking and stamping on him.
Ms Alger said he started to walk away at least two times before returning to continue his attack.
Police are trying to track down the man in this CCTV as they think he can help their investigation into the murder of 51 year-old Neil Farrington in Kirkby back in May. They don't think he's connected to the assault. A 27 y/o has already been charged with murder #CapitalReports pic.twitter.com/k9I65n9PHR
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Badrock, who works as a gym maintenance worker, tried to claim his dad had grabbed him by the throat and pinned him against a wall, leaving him struggling to breathe.
After headbutting his dad, Badrock said he ‘blacked out’ and told the jury he ‘just didn’t realise’ what he was doing’.
He said: ‘I feel sick, I have now lost a dad and it is devastating. It is devastating what I done. I can’t believe I have done that to my own dad.’
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Neil Farrington’s brother described the family’s agony after his murder at the hands of his own son
Badrock was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 19 years after the jury convicted him of murder last week.
In a statement, Mr Farrington’s siblings said: ‘This past week has been especially harrowing and heartbreaking for my whole family as each day we have had to sit through Neil Badrock’s trial for the cowardly, brutal and totally senseless murder of his own father and our much loved and much missed brother Neil Farrington.
‘We will never forgive Neil Badrock for taking our brother from us in this way and for the devastation and heartbreak he has brought to all our lives.’
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James Farrington said the family were still struggling to come to terms with what Badrock had done.
He said: “I cannot believe his own son carried out such a cowardly and vicious assault on his dad.
“He is a complete coward in my book.
“The silence from him at times has been deafening.”
The family released another statement after Wednesday’s sentencing hearing, thanking the police and the Kirkby community for the support they received in the aftermath of the murder.
The statement said: “This past week has been especially harrowing and heart breaking for my whole family as each day we have had to sit through Neil Badrock’s trial for the cowardly, brutal and totally senseless murder of his own father and our much loved and much missed brother Neil Farrington.
“We will never forgive Neil Badrock for taking our brother from us in this way and for the devastation and heart break he has brought to all our lives.
