Three men have been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to killing a 51-year-old man, Darren Smith, in a brutal daylight attack in Shard End, Birmingham, last year.
The fatal incident occurred on 15 March 2023, when Darren Smith visited a phone shop on Heath Way to purchase a phone case. While inside the shop, he was ambushed by three men—Lee O’Brien and his two sons, Luke and Lewis. The attackers repeatedly kicked and punched Smith before striking him several times with a wrench.
During the violent assault, two Rolex watches were stolen from Darren’s wrist, and the shop staff were threatened by the attackers before they fled the scene in their cars.
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