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| Men jailed over 'dump' jibe death | Men jailed over 'dump' jibe death |
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| Two men who killed a man after he called their home village in Ayrshire "a dump" have been jailed for a total of more than 15 years. | Two men who killed a man after he called their home village in Ayrshire "a dump" have been jailed for a total of more than 15 years. |
| Robert Devlin and Marc McCulloch, both 20, kicked and stamped on Michael Flynn in the village of Catrine in March. | Robert Devlin and Marc McCulloch, both 20, kicked and stamped on Michael Flynn in the village of Catrine in March. |
| They admitted the culpable homicide of the 39-year-old after an argument at a house party. | They admitted the culpable homicide of the 39-year-old after an argument at a house party. |
| At the High Court in Edinburgh, Devlin was jailed for seven and a half years. McCulloch was jailed for eight years. | |
| The court heard that Mr Flynn, who was not from Catrine, had been living in the village when he was killed. | |
| He met up with a friend, Anthony Nimmo, and the pair went to Mr Flynn's home in Mill Street to drink alcohol before going onto the other man's flat. | |
| Devlin and McCulloch arrived later in the evening and were invited in before leaving with others to buy more alcohol. | |
| This amounted to a vicious attack killing your victim, having followed him downstairs and repeatedly kicked and stamped on his head and body Lord Menzies | |
| The court heard how later that night an argument started about the quality of the village as a place to live. | |
| Mr Flynn is alleged to have called Catrine "a dump" and stated that it was "full of poofs". | |
| After the argument broke out McCulloch offered to fight Mr Flynn outside. | |
| Mr Nimmo told McCulloch and Devlin to leave the flat, but Mr Flynn walked out and the pair followed him. | |
| Devlin and McCulloch then attacked Mr Flynn in the close and began kicking and stamping on him. | |
| The victim suffered a fractured skull, cheek bone and nose and a broken jaw and rib. | |
| 'Serious charge' | |
| He was found to have "obvious footprint marks" on his face after the attack, which resulted in him sustaining extensive bruising and swelling to his head. | |
| At the time of the attack, McCulloch had been on early release from a 40-month sentence for robbery. | |
| Devlin and McCulloch were originally charged with murder but the Crown accepted their guilty pleas to a reduced charge of culpable homicide. | |
| Sentencing the pair, judge Lord Menzies said: "You have both pled guilty to a most serious charge. You have taken the life of another man. | |
| "This amounted to a vicious attack killing your victim, having followed him downstairs and repeatedly kicked and stamped on his head and body." | |
| Lord Menzies ordered both men to be kept under supervision for a further two years on their release. |