Man discovered responsible of killing his sister’s ‘nuisance’ ex-boyfriend
- Liam Fosbrook, 29, repeatedly stabbed Dylan Towers, 35 on the street
- Fosbrook claimed he acted in self defence and feared his sister was in peril
A person has been discovered responsible of manslaughter after knifing his sister’s ‘nuisance’ ex-boyfriend to dying.
Liam Fosbrook, 29, repeatedly stabbed Dylan Towers, 35, after he saved turning up at his sibling’s home – regardless of a court docket order banning him from contacting her.
A trial heard that Mr Towers had turned up at his ex-partner’s new dwelling within the early hours of 17 December 2021 however was confronted by a knife-weilding Fosbrook.
After a short alternate, Fosbrook brutally stabbed Mr Towers on the street, and he died from his accidents 12 days afterward December 29.
Fosbrook, from south Manchester, denied manslaughter. But he was discovered responsible by a jury after a two-week trial at Manchester’s Minshull Street Crown Court.
Dylan Towers, 35, was stabbed to dying by Liam Fosbrook, 29 after he saved turning up at his sister’s home
Fosbrook brutally stabbed the ‘nuisance ex-boyfriend’ to dying earlier than throwing the knives in a subsequent door neighbour’s backyard and hiding one other beneath his sister’s Christmas tree
The relationship between Mr Towers and Fosbrook’s sister had ended, however he continued to ‘harass and pester her’, turning up at her dwelling uninvited and assaulting her
The trial heard the connection between Mr Towers and Fosbrook’s sister had ended, however he continued to ‘harass and pester her’.
Neil Fryman, prosecuting, instructed jurors: ‘Dylan was clearly a nuisance, however he was not harmful.’
Mr Towers, was banned from contacting Fosbrook’s sister or going close to her dwelling however he breached the order on quite a lot of events between June and August 2021 and frequently turned up at her entrance door.
She turned so determined she messaged her brother asking for assist.
The court docket was instructed that following a number of breaches of the restraining order, and an alleged assault on her, Mr Towers was then issued with a home violence safety order, which was as a result of run out on December 16.
As a results of Mr Towers’ repeated undesirable appearances at her dwelling and their common contact, her youngsters had been put into care.
Fosbrook was requested by his mum to stick with his sister for an evening after she had moved into a brand new dwelling following issues she was ‘suicidal’ and he was dropped off by police.
Officers had been then known as to the home that evening after Mr Towers was noticed exterior.
As a results of Mr Tower’s repeated undesirable appearances at her dwelling Fosbrook’s sister’s youngsters had been taken into care
A battle between the ex-partner and brother ensued wherein Fosbrook took out knives from his sister’s dwelling and stabbed Mr Towers on the street
When officers took a press release from Fosbrook, they observed a number of kitchen knives had been laid out round the lounge. He instructed jurors he had taken a knife out as a result of he was ‘scared’ of Mr Towers entering into the home.
In the early hours of of December 17, Mr Towers was captured on CCTV strolling round close to the home with a JD Sports bag. Fosbrook went exterior to confront him with a knife.
A battle ensued, throughout which he stabbed Mr Towers on the street leaving him with a number of wounds to his chest, stomach and neck.
He then threw the knife right into a neighbour’s backyard and a second knife was discovered beneath his sister’s Christmas tree. Both contained traces of Mr Towers’ blood.
The sufferer was rushed to hospital and handled for a wound to his neck, which was close to his carotid artery and jugular vein.
He had emergency surgical procedure, however developed organ failure and later suffered an enormous haemorrhage with repeated cardiac arrests. He died from his accidents on December 29.
In a police interview, Fosbrook mentioned Mr Towers had tried to get into the home by means of the again door and mentioned he armed himself in self-defence.
He claimed Mr Towers attacked him and ‘went for his waistband’, and mentioned he was ‘intoxicated’.
Fosbrook claimed he stabbed Mr Towers in self-defence and was scared he would hurt his sister
Despite emergency surgical procedure Mr Towers developed organ failure and later suffered an enormous haemorrhage with repeated cardiac arrests. He died from his accidents
Giving proof, he claimed that he was making an attempt to guard his sister as he believed that Mr Towers ‘needed to kill her’.
Breaking down within the witness field, Fosbrook mentioned: ‘I used to be simply afraid of him making an attempt to get into the home and making an attempt to get to my sister.
‘After all the things I had seen and browse and all of the earlier messages, I believed he was going to try to kill her.’
He instructed jurors he received out a knife as a result of he was ‘scared’ of Mr Towers making an attempt to get into the home.
After going exterior to talk to Mr Towers, Fosbrook mentioned: ‘He was simply screaming and shouting, I mentioned ‘that you must go’. It simply got here to a head, he ran in direction of me throwing his arms at me. He dropped the bag and lunged in direction of me, he hit me a few occasions.’
He mentioned they ended up ‘grabbing maintain of one another’ and there was a ‘battle’.
After the battle got here to an finish Fosbrook mentioned he was going again to the home when Mr Towers mentioned to him: ‘You’re going to f****** get it now.’
Fosbrook mentioned: ‘I circled and he was coming in direction of me, he was reaching in direction of his waistband and I believed he had a weapon on him. I believed he was going to do something to try to kill me and get to my sister.’
It was at that time Fosbrook mentioned he eliminated the knife from his pocket and ‘swung his arm round’.
Fosbrook added: ‘I believe the knife made contact.’
Fosbrook was beforehand cleared of homicide following an earlier trial. He shall be sentenced on April 3.
Sazeeda Ismail, Senior Crown Prosecutor for CPS North West mentioned: ‘Liam Fosbrook carried out a knife assault on his sister’s ex-partner, who was unarmed, after which made no try to assist him afterwards.
‘He may have contacted the police as an alternative of confronting him. He may have merely spoken to him. But in a misguided act to defend his sister, he made the selection to arm himself with not one however two knives and through the confrontation stab him.
‘Today the jury rejected Fosbrook’s claims that he was performing in self-defence and located him responsible of manslaughter. The CPS is dedicated to securing justice for many who partake in such unnecessary violence and take issues into their very own arms as an alternative of contacting the police.
My ideas are with the household and mates of Mr Towers right now.’
