Tyrone Busch launched an "entirely unprovoked" attack on Michael O'Dwyer at the Red Lion pub in Dereham, where they had both been drinking.

Michael O'Dwyer, also known as Michael Spooner (Image: Norfolk Constabulary) Busch sat back after the assault, finished his drink and did not attempt to help Mr O'Dwyer - also known as Spooner - who lay motionless on the ground for about 10 minutes.

The 31-year-old father-of-two was eventually helped to his feet following the attack at the pub on July 20 last year.

Red Lion pub, Dereham (Image: Red Lion pub) He was taken to a nearby flat in the town but his condition deteriorated and he died at hospital the following day.

Busch, of Hall Road in Norwich, would go on to say Mr O'Dwyer "deserved it".

He was found by police a few days later hiding in the toilets of another pub, the Beeston Ploughshare, about seven miles from Dereham.

Although he denied murder, Busch appeared at Norwich Crown Court on Thursday (January 30) having

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