Row over chicken wings at pub ended in veteran's death

A Lancashire man has been jailed for killing a former Army regimental sergeant major after pushing him into a wooden fence during a row over food in a pub beer garden.

- by Sean Gleaves

Paul Ainscough, 57, who served in the British Army for 24 years, died two days after the incident.

The attack happened while he was out drinking with friend Liam Slack in Leyland on June 22, 2024.

Mr Ainscough, from Chorley, was found dead at his home on June 24.

When his son later checked his phone, he discovered messages between the pair describing an argument that began when Slack grabbed chicken wings from him at the Stag pub beer garden on Worden Lane.