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Three men have been jailed for their part in the murder of a 26-year-old man who was tortured with scissors before his body was dumped in a drain. Three men have been jailed for their part in the murder of a 26-year-old man who was tortured with scissors in the mistaken belief he was a paedophile.
Alan Street was subjected to a sustained attack at a house in Padiham in December 2008. His body was found in a culvert in Accrington on 19 January. Alan Street was attacked at a house in Padiham, Lancashire, in December 2008 and his body was found in a culvert in Accrington on 19 January.
Allan Palmer, 44, of Padiham, and Peter Leonard, 52, of no fixed address, must serve 25 and 28 years respectively. Allan Palmer, 44, and Peter Leonard, 52, were convicted of murder and must serve 25 and 28 years respectively.
Kieron Davison, 21, of Stockbridge Road, was jailed for eight years. Kieron Davison, 21, must serve eight years after admitting manslaughter.
Rape conviction Preston Crown Court heard Leonard, 52, of Oswaldtwistle, hated Street for going out with his ex-girlfriend.
He was cleared of murder but had admitted manslaughter. Davison, 21, who both lived in Stockbridge Road, Padiham, believed Street was a paedophile.
Allan Palmer, of Stockbridge Road, and Davison, also of Stockbridge Road, took part in the attack in the mistaken belief that Mr Street was a paedophile. Peter Leonard hated Mr Street for going out with his ex-girlfriend
Mr Street was convicted of rape in 1999 but there was no evidence he had abused children, the court was told.Mr Street was convicted of rape in 1999 but there was no evidence he had abused children, the court was told.
The court heard Leonard, of Trinity Street, was a sworn enemy of Mr Street after he went out with his ex-girlfriend Jane Proctor in November 2004. He was battered with a wooden pole and stabbed in the eye and ear with a pair of scissors before his body was moved from the house in Stockbridge Road and later dumped.
Leonard and his friend Palmer were both jailed for life while Davison was cleared of murder but admitted taking part in the killing.
Det Supt Neil Hunter, of Lancashire police, said: "When I first visited the scene the sight that greeted me was horrific.
"It was quite clear that an act of gratuitous violence had taken place and now those people responsible have been quite rightly punished with lengthy terms of imprisonment.
"The wicked nature of the attack which was extremely unpleasant, involving elements of torture on a man who was unable to defend himself which was sickening and demonstrates how cowardly the offenders were, especially Leonard and Palmer."