As Mr Smyth lay dead, or dying from unsurvivable head injuries, Ness went through his pockets and stole his mobile phone.

Lesley Swick Van Ness was on vacation in Florida when she "fell ill and was hospitalized," a colleague shared in a statement Maria Pasquini is the senior news editor for the human interest ...

George Ness repeatedly battered John Smyth, 63, with a wooden plank in a backyard in Wallsend, then searched his dying victim's pockets to steal his phone, Newcastle Crown Court heard. The 41-year ...