Brothers' Trial for 1984 Gay Man's Murder

0:00On April 21st, brothers Michael and Anthony Stewart are on trial for the 1984 murder of Anthony Littleer, a 45-year-old gay. Civil servant beaten to death in an alley near East Finchley tube station in North London. It happened on May 1st, around 12.30 a.m., with Littleer suffering catastrophic head injuries from blunt force weapons. He was found with his briefcase, 80 pounds in cash, and credit cards still on him. At the time, Michael was just the 15-year-old schoolboy, while Anthony, 18, worked as a council binman. Michael made an anonymous 999 call right after, but cops dismissed it as a false alarm since he gave no location details. Over the years, Michael confessed multiple times, including to a former girlfriend who said he pointed out the exact spot and bragged about Lauren Gay. Men for beatings, their younger brother Daniel, reported it all to police in 2013 after hearing boasts about queer bashing. The case sat cold until cops reopened in 2022, using undercover tactics.

1:03They caught Michael on seeker recording slipping up, like blaming his brother or joking about a killing in a phone call. Both brothers denied the murder charge, and the trial still unfolding with jurors hearing these heavy confessions and evidence.