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Troy McCosker jailed for burning Wade Still alive in ‘brazen act of extreme violence’
A Newcastle man has been jailed for 36 years over the murder of a 23-year-old man who a Supreme Court judge said would have died in “extreme terror” and “excruciating pain”.
Key points:
- Wade Still was burned alive in 2018 by Troy McCosker and a man who can be named only as “Mr Stone”
- The prosecution argued that McCosker was guilty of murder because he and Mr Stone agreed to “finish off” Mr Still
- The court heard that McCosker tried to downplay a feud he had with Mr Still, who he described to police as a “little rascal”
Troy McCosker, 51, set Wade Still on fire in a disused quarry south of Newcastle two years ago.
A taxi driver found Mr Still, who had been set alight twice, alive but severely burnt in the early hours of August 20, 2018, at…
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