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Asda car park death: Alan Watts guilty of manslaughter Asda car park death: Alan Watts guilty of manslaughter
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A man has been found guilty of punching and killing another man during a row over a disabled parking space in a supermarket car park. A man has been jailed for five years for punching and killing another man during a row over a disabled parking space in a supermarket car park.
Alan Watts, 65, had denied the manslaughter of Brian Holmes, 64, who died the day after he was hit twice outside Asda in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, on 3 August. Alan Watts, 65, had denied the manslaughter of Brian Holmes, 64, who died after being hit outside Asda in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, on 3 August.
He told Luton Crown Court he acted in self defence when he struck Mr Holmes, who fell and fractured his skull.He told Luton Crown Court he acted in self defence when he struck Mr Holmes, who fell and fractured his skull.
Watts is due to be sentenced later. Ann Evans, prosecuting, said Watts showed "extraordinary violence".
The jury took just a few hours to find Watts guilty after the judge sent them out to consider their verdict earlier in the day.
During the trial, the jury heard that at about 15:00 BST, the defendant, of Lindsell Crescent, Biggleswade was sitting in his Range Rover in the car park, waiting for his wife who was shopping.
He saw Mr Holmes walk up to a vehicle parked in a disabled parking bay and put a bag in the boot.
'Non-survivable'
The court heard the car belonged to Mr Holmes' wife Christine, 60, a blue badge holder, who was in the store.
Watts agreed he called out sarcastically through the open passenger door window: "You look like you need a wheelchair".
The court heard that Watts then got out of his car and an altercation occurred, which resulted in him punching Mr Holmes twice before he fell to the floor, fracturing his skull.
Mr Holmes - who had recently survived cancer - was flown to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, where a care team concluded his injuries were "non-survivable", the jury heard.
The following day, his life support system was turned off.
In his defence, Watts said he was acting in self-defence and Mr Holmes was "effing and blinding" and pulling his arm.
He said during the trial: "I feel sorry for his family, I still do."