Neil Maxwell, 40, pleaded guilty to murdering Lee Cooper, 43A star of acclaimed documentary Benefits Street has been jailed for 30 years after brutally murdering a 40-year-old man. Maxwell, of Lytton Court, North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, had initially denied the murder of Mr Cooper, but dramatically changed his plea last week. Mr Cooper was brutally kicked, stamped on, stripped naked, slashed and bludgeoned to death in a 'rampage of violence', the court heard. Today at Teesside Crown Court, Maxwell was jailed for life with a minimum term of 30 years. As Judge Ashurst explained the sentences, Maxwell shouted from the dock: 'F*** licence, I will just do the 30 years, no problem.

Source: Daily Mail June 20, 2019 20:43 UTC