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The Guardian - UK
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INSANE: Reading security guard killed homeless man with knockout blow jury hears | Vintage Vibes

Reading crown court.
Reading crown court heard that Trabelsi and the M&S store manager, Elliot Cripps, lied to police about the incident. Photograph: Geoffrey Swaine/Rex/Shutterstock

A Marks & Spencer security guard killed a homeless man with a “knockout blow” to his head after chasing him down over a suspicion he had stolen some meat, a jury has heard.

Sabeur Trabelsi is accused of lying to police about the incident, claiming Jason Page fell over because he was drunk. Prosecutors told jurors at Reading crown court that Page, who died the next day from a bleed on the brain, fell after Trabelsi punched him.

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