00:01A man has been jailed for 4 years and 10 months after punching a grandfather who was trying
00:05to break up a fight in Newcastle City Centre. Ethan Cockrum was 19 when he struck 55-year-old
00:10Simon Beston in the face, causing him to fall backwards and hit his head on a curb. Mr
00:16Beston, who was from Sunderland, suffered a fractured skull and severe brain swelling.
00:21He died in hospital three weeks later. The court heard he had been out for a romantic
00:26meal with his partner when he intervened to calm a group of young people. Cockrum admitted
00:31manslaughter while two others involved, Lola Charlton and Shane Cook, admitted a fray.
00:38The judge described Mr Beston as a loving and caring man.
