A TERMINALLY ill Lowestoft man was kicked to death in an alleyway by a 23-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy, it has been alleged.Father-of-three John Vry, 55, of London Road South, Lowestoft was found with serious injuries in an alleyway off the same road on December 3 last year and died in hospital the following day, a court has heard.
A TERMINALLY ill Lowestoft man was kicked to death in an alleyway by a 23-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy, it has been alleged.
Father-of-three John Vry, 55, of London Road South, Lowestoft was found with serious injuries in an alleyway off the same road on December 3 last year and died in hospital the following day, a court has heard.
Karim Khalil QC prosecuting said Mr Vry was suffering from cancer and had been given a life expectancy of three to six months in the summer of last year.
'By December last year he was plainly not a strong man,' said Mr Khalil.
He alleged that Mr Vry, who was married with three children, was 'literally kicked to death' by James Killingback, 23, of Denmark Road, Lowestoft and a 17-year-old boy who cannot be named for legal reasons.
Killingback and the 17-year-old boy have denied murdering Mr Vry on December 4 last year.
The trial, which is expected to last four to five weeks, continues.
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