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Can it get any worse for ex-heavyweight Paul Sykes? His 29-year-old son Paul Leighton Sykes is accused of killing 50-year-old Michael Gallagher in Wakefield on Tuesday night.
Mr Gallagher was found stabbed to death outside his flat in Gloucester Place.
Paul Leighton Sykes spoke only to confirm his name, age and the fact he was of no fixed address when he appeared before magistrates at Wakefield yesterday.
After a five-minute hearing, Sykes, was remanded in custody to appear at Leeds Crown Court next Thursday.
He waved to family members gathered in the courtroom as he was taken down to the cells.
Mr Gallagher's relatives were understood to be too upset to speak about his death.
Police officers were called to the Wakefield Council owned block of flats shortly before midnight.
Mr Gallagher was found dead outside the flats and his body was removed from the scene on Wednesday morning.
A post-mortem examination showed he had been stabbed to death.
Police sealed the street off as forensic experts combed the area for evidence.
Shocked neighbours said Mr Gallagher lived alone but was thought to have a wife and two daughters living in the Wakefield area.
Residents spoke of a quiet man who was polite but kept himself to himself.

i have to saty that unofrtuantely I doubt Paul gives a shit by the sounds of it being homless and an alocohoolic. Makes you value your own upbringing these stories hey.

Very sad, seems to have taken after his father.

It's the same problems being passed down from father to son..... very sad story.

Update

Court date for murder accused

A MAN charged with murdering a father of two appeared in court on Thursday.

Paul Leighton Sykes, 29, of no fixed address, who is in custody at Armley Prison appeared on a video link at Leeds Crown Court.
He is charged with stabbing to death Michael Gallagher, 50, on the night of Tuesday June 22 in Lupset.
Police were called to Mr Gallagher's home on Gloucester Place at 11.45pm and discovered his body outside a block of flats.
A post mortem examination showed he died from multiple stab wounds.
Sykes, son of former heavyweight boxer Paul Sykes, spoke only to confirm his name over the video link and watched proceedings from a monitor at the jail.
The Recorder of Leeds, Judge Norman Jones, remanded Sykes in custody until a plea and directions hearing at Leeds on Monday September 13.

Paul Sykes Snr, 57, fought John L Gardener for the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles in 1979 but lost.
He was made the subject of the city's first anti-social behaviour order last year.



02 July 2004