HE BEAT A MAN TO DEATH AND THEN WALKED OFF WITH HIS ESTRANGED WIFE
A man who carried out a string of violent attacks from Liverpool to Scotland has been jailed for life.
Leon Headey, 23, formerly of north Liverpool and now of HMP Perth, chased a man down the street while stabbing him repeatedly - two months later, he battered another man to death.
Headey, formerly of north [Liverpool](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/) and now of HMP Perth, and another man, Craig Hayden, murdered [Ross MacGillivray](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-man-court-accused-murdering-28144297) in [Inverness](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/inverness) on November 11, 2023.
The 36-year-old victim was restrained, punched, kicked and stamped on by the pair, causing "unsurvivable" injuries.
Appearing at Liverpool Crown via video link on Monday, Headey pleaded guilty to affray and possession of a bladed article in a public place in relation to the incident in Liverpool, and was sentenced to a total of 22 months in prison.
He appeared at the High Court in Edinburgh on Thursday, November 27, on charges of murder and aggravated assault.
He was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 17 years and seven months.
Just two months before the murder, Headey was caught on CCTV chasing a man down West Derby Road, Tuebrook, stabbing at him repeatedly with a large kitchen knife.
The attack was in broad daylight on September 7, 2023.
The victim ran, fell into the road, and jumped into a passing car to get to the hospital.
This was the first in a series of violent crimes committed by Headey within three months, including an attack outside a property in Alness, Scotland, on October 25, 2023.
Headey and Hayden pleaded guilty to Ross MacGillivray's murder at the High Court in Glasgow last month.
Detective Inspector Richard Baird of Police Scotland said: "Ross MacGillivray was subjected to a brutal and violent attack, leaving him with unsurvivable injuries."
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Likely region signal
UK
Country
from United Kingdom
- based on surname
60.7%
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First-name region
UK
United States
18.0%
Surname region
UK
United Kingdom
60.7%
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
ded guilty to affray and possession of a bladed article in a public place in relation to the incident in Liverpool, and was sentenced to a total of 22 months in prison. He appeared at the High Court in Edinburgh on Thursday, November 27,...
Prison sentence
for life
A man who carried out a string of violent attacks from Liverpool to Scotland has been jailed for life
Prison sentence
22 months
Appearing at Liverpool Crown via video link on Monday, Headey pleaded guilty to affray and possession of a bladed article in a public place in relation to the incident in Liverpool, and was sentenced to a total of 22 months in prison
Life or indeterminate sentence
17 years and seven months
He was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 17 years and seven months
Prison sentence
17 years and seven months
He was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 17 years and seven months
