A man who attacked his friend with a hammer was caught the following day in...

Published: 8:15 pm December 13, 2023
Updated: 11:26 am October 8, 2025
Killer caught after he was overheard talking of a fatal hammer attack

A man who attacked his friend with a hammer was caught the following day in Scotland after a bus passenger overheard him discussing the killing.

Gary O’Neill violently attacked Kenneth Ford – described by associates as his ‘best friend’ – on 27 February 2022, at his bedsit in Colebrook Road, Birmingham.

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