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Wrexham pub murderer Francesco Prevete jailed for 23 years | Wrexham pub murderer Francesco Prevete jailed for 23 years |
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A man who murdered an amateur boxer, stabbing him 52 times in a Wrexham pub toilet, has been jailed for 23 years. | A man who murdered an amateur boxer, stabbing him 52 times in a Wrexham pub toilet, has been jailed for 23 years. |
Francisco John Prevete, 46, had denied killing Craig Maddocks, 34, from Llay, in the Cambrian Vaults in June 2013. | Francisco John Prevete, 46, had denied killing Craig Maddocks, 34, from Llay, in the Cambrian Vaults in June 2013. |
The jury at Mold Crown Court took three-and-a-half hours to convict Prevete, of Wrexham, after a 10-day trial. He was sentenced to life and cannot apply for parole for 23 years. | |
Judge Mr Justice Jeremy Baker described the attack as "brutal and ferocious". | |
Mr Maddocks, a former partner of Prevete's niece, died of shock and haemorrhaging from wounds to the neck and chest inflicted by a flick knife. | |
Prevete had claimed he found Mr Maddocks with a knife in his back in a toilet cubicle and had tried to help him. | |
The court heard Mr Maddocks owed Prevete's father £300 for cocaine, and Prevete decided to punish him. | |
The Cambrian Vaults had its licence revoked following the attack. | The Cambrian Vaults had its licence revoked following the attack. |
Karl Scholz, prosecuting, told the jury it was rare to find so many life threatening wounds inflicted on a person. | |
Suzanne Goddard QC, defending, said the offence was completely out of character and inexplicable. | |
She had earlier asked the jury to consider medical evidence from an expert witness who suggested Prevete had acted under an epileptic seizure. | |
In a statement read outside Mold Crown Court after sentencing, Mr Maddocks's family said: "Our lives had been totally unbearable over the last 12 months due to the murder of our son. | |
"Craig loved life and loved to make people smile. He was loved and adored by all his family and friends. | |
"We as a family will never get over the dreadful circumstances of how Craig died and our lives will never be the same again." | |
Det Insp Mark Hughes, of North Wales Police, said Prevete had shown no remorse for his actions, which left Mr Maddocks with horrific injuries ultimately resulting in his death. | |
"He is without doubt a dangerous individual and will rightly spend the next 23 years behind bars," he added. |
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