Ex-soldier who went ‘looking for trouble’ kicked man to death Life sentence for drunk thug who followed couple
A DRUNKEN former soldier has been jailed for life for kicking a JLR worker to death in a vicious street attack.
Simeon Corry and will serve at least 20 years before he will be considered for release for the sickening attack that saw Garry Twist lose his life.
Corry screamed as he was led away from the dock at Birmingham Crown Court to begin his sentence on Wednesday. Sending Corry down, Judge Mel- bourne Inman QC told him he had subjected Mr Twist and his girlfriend Rosemary Garvey to the “most vicious and savage attack for no obvious reason whatsoever”.
“The injuries you inflicted on Mr Twist were unsurprisingly catastrophic,” he added.
Corry, 32, of Gospel Lane, Acocks Green, stamped on Mr Twist’s head and attacked Miss Garvey with a wine bottle after following them from the College Arms pub in Hall Green on the night of September 30 last year.
Mr Twist, aged 54, died later in hospi- tal. His partner was in court to see the sentence handed down.
The judge said Corry, who callously walked away from the scene and was arrested as he ate at an Indian restaurant, was “everyone’s nightmare, a drunken man looking to intimidate and provoke violence”.
And he told the killer: “You showed no mercy on the night and no mercy since.”
He was also jailed for a concurrent three-and-a-half years for the attack on Miss Garvey.
The court heard she and Mr Twist had talked of marriage and she said her life had ‘changed forever’.
Leander Hunt, Mr Twist’s sister, said his relatives made the “heart-wrenching decision” to turn off his life support machine.
She said the “vicious and brutal attack was unwarranted”.
Ms Hunt said: “He was my only sibling and I miss him terribly.
“We have now lost faith in any goodness. Days out and holidays will never be the same.
“Hundreds of people attended funeral because he was loved adored by people who knew him.”
The sentence was welcomed by West Midlands Police.
Leading the case, Det Insp Harry Harrison, from Force CID, said: “Corry was clearly out to cause trouble that night.
“Sadly Mr Twist and his partner were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. his and
“Corry took his frustration out on the couple having been refused a drink; he made unpleasant comments and tried to provoke a confrontation. Fearing trouble, they walked away, but Corry followed them and launched a savage and totally unprovoked attack on them both.
“This is a desperately sad case for the victims and their families and friends.
“There is no place in a civilised society for people like Corry and he has rightly been put behind bars for a long time.
“I hope the conviction offers those affected some comfort.”