THE BRUTAL MURDER OF STEVEN HOSKIN BY A GANG LED BY DARREN STEWART
His loneliness and desperation to make friends led to his bedsit being infiltrated and taken over by a cruel gang of drop-outs, drug addicts and drunks - led by 30-year-old Darren Stewart.
A violent man with a predilection for taking advantage of vulnerable people, Stewart would hang around on the streets outside Steven’s new home.
Within weeks of Steven’s arrival, he had moved in and began controlling him, partly by supplying Steven with alcohol and drugs.
Any benefit money Steven received was promptly taken by Stewart, who resorted to punching and kicking Steven if he ever showed resistence.
Ultimately, Stewart, along with Sarah Bullock and Martin Pollard, tortured Steven to the point of death, forcibly extracting a confession and pushing him off a viaduct, causing his death.
In 2007, Stewart was jailed for a minimum of 25 years for murder.
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
the point of death, forcibly extracting a confession and pushing him off a viaduct, causing his death. In 2007, Stewart was jailed for a minimum of 25 years for murder.
Prison sentence
25 years
In 2007, Stewart was jailed for a minimum of 25 years for murder
