James Gelling has been charged with manslaughter following the death of a football fan who was allegedly attacked in Merseyside.
Ventsislav Marginov, 51, was critically injured in Lord Street, Southport, after watching Saturday’s Champions League final with his two sons.
He later died in hospital, Merseyside Police confirmed.
James Gelling, 31, of Hampton Road, Southport, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court and was remanded in custody.
He was originally charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm but the charge was updated after Mr Marginov’s death on Tuesday.
Gelling was remanded to appear again at the same court on 2 July.
UK legal system putting the community at risk
In 2011 the national press reported that James Gelling had been convicted 40 times for 73 crimes.
Southport’s MP at that time John Pugh said that Gelling treated his catalogue of convictions as a badge of honour. He called for tougher sentences to be handed out to criminals who are repeatedly hauled before the courts.
Now a man has died. Clearly, the deeply flawed UK legal system was (is) putting the community at risk by not taking such offenders off our streets.
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