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| An MP has called for an inquiry into why a teenager was bailed two days before he kicked a man to death. | An MP has called for an inquiry into why a teenager was bailed two days before he kicked a man to death. |
| Adam Swellings, 19, was one of three teenagers convicted of the murder of father-of-three Garry Newlove, who was killed in Cheshire last August. | Adam Swellings, 19, was one of three teenagers convicted of the murder of father-of-three Garry Newlove, who was killed in Cheshire last August. |
| Warrington North MP Helen Jones has asked the Attorney General to examine why Swellings, from Crewe, was freed. | |
| One of Swellings' bail conditions was that he did not go to Warrington - the town where he then killed Mr Newlove. | |
| Stephen Sorton, 17, and Jordan Cunliffe, 16, were also found guilty of the sales manager's murder. | Stephen Sorton, 17, and Jordan Cunliffe, 16, were also found guilty of the sales manager's murder. |
| 'Totally ineffective' | |
| Ms Jones said: "We have laws for keeping people like that from committing further crimes and they weren't enforced. | |
| "I'm writing to the Attorney General to ask why someone who had a history of breaching court orders, of having no regard for court orders, was then bailed. | |
| "Bailed with a condition that he left Warrington immediately and it appears if there were any steps taken to enforce that bail condition - which I don't know - they were totally ineffective because ten hours later he'd murdered Mr Newlove. | |
| Adam Swellings, Stephen Sorton and Jordan Cunliffe were convicted | |
| "You have to ask the question why the judge let him out on bail." | |
| Mr Newlove was attacked by the teenagers on 10 August outside his home on Station Road North, Fearnhead. | Mr Newlove was attacked by the teenagers on 10 August outside his home on Station Road North, Fearnhead. |
| He had gone outside to confront them about vandalising his wife's car. | He had gone outside to confront them about vandalising his wife's car. |
| The court heard the 47-year-old sales manager was "kicked like a football". He was left unconscious and died in hospital two days later. | The court heard the 47-year-old sales manager was "kicked like a football". He was left unconscious and died in hospital two days later. |
| His youngest daughter Amy, 12, saw the attack and during the trial Mr Newlove's wife Helen spoke of her horror of seeing a trainer print on her husband's head. | His youngest daughter Amy, 12, saw the attack and during the trial Mr Newlove's wife Helen spoke of her horror of seeing a trainer print on her husband's head. |
| 'Violent and aggressive' | |
| Mrs Newlove recalled how in the months prior to his death, her husband had been increasingly concerned about anti-social behaviour in the area. | Mrs Newlove recalled how in the months prior to his death, her husband had been increasingly concerned about anti-social behaviour in the area. |
| The family car had been vandalised on four occasions and Mr Newlove had even stopped his children walking to the local shops after dark because he feared what would happen to them. | The family car had been vandalised on four occasions and Mr Newlove had even stopped his children walking to the local shops after dark because he feared what would happen to them. |
| Cheshire chief constable Peter Fahy said: "The prison service is full of people who when they are sober would not do this sort of thing but they get themselves into situations but they drink so much they become violent and aggressive. | |
| "We had had dealings with these particular individuals before. The main offender we'd actually put in court the day of the murder. | |
| "We have done huge amounts but we're not going to solve this with enforcement law alone. | |
| "Groups of young lads in particular, that often get angry at the system, they have had poor parenting, educational under-achievement and start going down this street where they start getting involved with gangs and drink and drugs. | |
| "These need to be identified by the agencies and in these sorts of situations we need the courts not to be giving them bail." |