Axe killer will be jailed for life

A Tamil killer who hacked a rival to death with an axe during a mass brawl in a car park is facing a life sentence. Prashad Sothilingam, 26, chopped 26 year-old Neel Croos down as up to 40 men armed with machetes, poles and broken bottles attacked ‘like wild animals’. Mr Croos, also known as Justin Croos and Adhavan Thanabalafingham, suffered catastrophic head injuries and died in hospital two days later. Four other men – Jeyathpan Ganesalingham, Rejendren Mahindaskaran, Mayuran…