Four-year-old girl spends birthdays at father’s grave after one-punch death

A four-year-old girl[1] now spends her birthdays at her father[2]‘s grave[3] after he was tragically killed by a single punch[4] while on a night out. Scott Akester was punched to the floor by his friend Michael Pearson during a night out in Hull[5]. He was taken to hospital[6] with a bleed on the brain[7] and tragically died on 19 November 2022.

Mr Akester’s father Steve explains how his grandaughter now visits the 31-year-old’s grave on her birthday. He said: “She should be with her dad, it’s heartbreaking.” Pearson was jailed in June this year for a total of seven-and-a-half years.

Mr Akester’s family has spoken out as part of Humberside Police’s One Punch campaign, launched in time for the festive period.

References

  1. ^ girl (www.independent.co.uk)
  2. ^ father (www.independent.co.uk)
  3. ^ grave (www.independent.co.uk)
  4. ^ punch (www.independent.co.uk)
  5. ^ Hull (www.independent.co.uk)
  6. ^ hospital (www.independent.co.uk)
  7. ^ brain (www.independent.co.uk)