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09.02.2024 - 18:31 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A man who is currently wanted by police on recall to prison is a convicted murderer, the Manchester Evening News can reveal.
In an appeal issued this morning (February 9), Greater Manchester Police said Eden Lomax is wanted by officers in relation to criminal damage and a 'serious' assault. The 27-year-old is from the Farnworth area of Bolton, but also has links to Salford.
The M.E.N can reveal that Lomax was convicted of the murder of Simon Mitchell in 2013. He was just aged just 17 when he killed his victim, a complete stranger, with one punch.
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A trial heard how the attack happened in the street in Bolton town centre on the evening of June 14, 2013. The victim, 43-year-old Mr Mitchell, had been in low spirits after losing his job as a forklift truck driver and had been given £200 by his brother so he could go out and have a good time on the day he died.
After leaving the Balmoral pub in Bradshawgate, Mr Mitchell began chatting to Lomax and his friends in a chance encounter near Bolton town hall. In a tragic twist, he was murdered moments after drunkenly confiding in Lomax that he was having suicidal thoughts after two of his friends had taken their lives.
This touched a nerve with Lomax, the trial heard, whose stepfather had taken his own life in 2004 – and he told Mr Mitchell: "If you don’t **** off I’m going to bomb you". Mr Mitchell then asked: "What's a bomb?".
Lomax then swung his hand back and punched him. As the victim lay dying on the ground from a head injury, Lomax said: "That’s a bomb."
Before leaving the scene he told pals not to help his victim, who he said 'deserved it'. He then went to a friend’s house, where he spent the
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