A board game café and a banquet hall in Manchester will soon be allowed to serve alcohol. But a new city centre bar's bid to sell booze has been refused.
21.07.2023 - 11:51 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A man has been found guilty of murdering Tyson Fury's cousin, Rico Burton, by stabbing him to the neck during a mass brawl outside a bar.
Liam O’Pray stabbed 31-year-old Rico Burton in Altrincham town centre in the early hours of August 21 last year. The 22-year-old was also found guilty of wounding with intent against another man, Harvey Reilly, who was also seriously injured in the incident.
A jury previously heard that O'Pray had armed himself with a lock knife, which he plunged into Mr Burton's neck during a 3am brawl outside King Pong bar. The wound 'almost completely divided' a major artery in Mr Burton's neck, causing 'a massive, fatal haemorrhage'.
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Prosecuting, Michael Brady KC said all three men had spent the previous few hours in bars around the Goose Green area of Altrincham.
After leaving one bar earlier in the evening, jurors heard O'Pray tried to regain entry between 9pm and 10pm but was denied. Upon being turned away, he threatened he would return and 'cause an issue'.
O'Pray, of Little Moss Lane, Swinton, Salford, returned to the Goose Green area shortly before 3am and attempted to enter the King Pong bar on his own. Mr Burton and his family friends were in the vicinity at the time.
However, no one was being allowed entry to the bar due to a 'previous, unrelated incident'. After being turned away by the bar's manager, O'Pray became aggressive and threatened to 'blow the place up'. He tried to force his way into the bar several times claiming he had lost his phone, but was repeatedly ejected by bouncers.
One witness described O'Pray as a 'loose cannon' and said she saw him 'pushing girls about in his efforts to find his phone'.
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