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30/11/2012
Man Jailed For Liverpool Football Fan Murder
A man has been jailed for life for murdering a Liverpool fan following an unprovoked attack at a bar in Camden.
Paul Beck, 29, of Spring Place, Kentish Town, was sentenced today yesterday at the Old Bailey to life imprisonment, with a recommendation to serve a minimum of 18 years, for murdering 26 year-old Alex Jarmay at Bar Uno in Camden, following the League Cup Final earlier this year.
He had pleaded guilty to the murder on 28 November.
His brother, Damian Joseph Beck, 24 of the same address, was also sentenced today to 10 months imprisonment, after he pleaded guilty on 28 November to assault occasioning GBH in relation to the attack on Mr Jarmay.
Detective Chief Inspector Matt Bonner from the Homicide and Serious Crime Command said: "This was an awful unprovoked attack which tragically resulted in Alex losing his life. Nobody present in the bar that night could have foreseen what was to happen. Alex and his bother Luke had travelled to London from Merseyside to enjoying a night out with a group of friends and support their team. Witnesses described a good atmosphere at the bar without a hint of trouble. For reasons known only to him, Paul Beck decided to arm himself with a knife and together with his brother Damien, launched an unprovoked attack on Alex and his brother.
"My thoughts are with Alex's family and friends and I hope that they can now start to come to terms with their loss in the knowledge that the person responsible will spend a long time behind bars."
(GK)
Paul Beck, 29, of Spring Place, Kentish Town, was sentenced today yesterday at the Old Bailey to life imprisonment, with a recommendation to serve a minimum of 18 years, for murdering 26 year-old Alex Jarmay at Bar Uno in Camden, following the League Cup Final earlier this year.
He had pleaded guilty to the murder on 28 November.
His brother, Damian Joseph Beck, 24 of the same address, was also sentenced today to 10 months imprisonment, after he pleaded guilty on 28 November to assault occasioning GBH in relation to the attack on Mr Jarmay.
Detective Chief Inspector Matt Bonner from the Homicide and Serious Crime Command said: "This was an awful unprovoked attack which tragically resulted in Alex losing his life. Nobody present in the bar that night could have foreseen what was to happen. Alex and his bother Luke had travelled to London from Merseyside to enjoying a night out with a group of friends and support their team. Witnesses described a good atmosphere at the bar without a hint of trouble. For reasons known only to him, Paul Beck decided to arm himself with a knife and together with his brother Damien, launched an unprovoked attack on Alex and his brother.
"My thoughts are with Alex's family and friends and I hope that they can now start to come to terms with their loss in the knowledge that the person responsible will spend a long time behind bars."
(GK)
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