A thug given a life sentence after he savagely attacked a man who later died has failed in his bid to have his murder conviction overturned.Paul Albert Smith was just 16 when he punched and stamped on the head of 34-year-old Ivan Barrs in 2003, leaving him in a coma.Smith, of Bradgate Street, Woodgate, admitted causing grievous bodily harm and was jailed in January 2004, before being released four years later.He got on with his life, marrying and having two children.But when Mr Barrs died of...
