Tragic dad 'beaten to death in his own home'

A 'VULNERABLE' and 'outnumbered' dad was kicked, stamped and punched to death by three men in his home while his partner and their 10-week-old newborn son were present, a murder trial jury was told.

- PAUL BRITTON

Brandon White, Ryan White and Damian White - all related - have gone on trial at Manchester Crown Court accused of the murder in May this year of father-of-two Warren Burns, 37.

It's alleged they attacked Mr Burns at his home on Heysham Avenue in Withington on May 21. He died three days later in hospital. The jury was told 'three men' knocked at the door 'uninvited' then 'went upstairs to find him? Opening the case to the jury yesterday, Nicholas Lumley KC said Mr Burns' partner, Lucille Lees, heard the men 'calling for Warren' - then heard 'thuds.

"Terrified for the safety of her baby, she ran from the house into the back garden and called the police," said the prosecutor. "The thuds she could hear were the sound of Warren Burns being killed."