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Solihull murder-accused Billy Allison killed pub owner with 'powerful' punch to neck, court hears

What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a crime & justice story. Birmingham Mail is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 28 Oct 2026, 19:05 UTC. The headline in use is “Solihull murder-accused Billy Allison killed pub owner with 'powerful' punch to neck, court hears”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
The punch was hard enough to break several bones in Mr O'Gara's neck and split an artery, causing a massive haemorrhage to the base of his brain which resulted him going into cardiac arrest, the court heard
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Solihull murder-accused Billy Allison killed pub owner with 'powerful' punch to neck, court hears
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- Birmingham Mail