Cyclist cleared of bike lock murder

A cannabis smoker accused of battering a hospitality manager to death with a bicycle lock after a row in a chicken shop walked free from court today (Mon). Raymond Sculley, 29, allegedly swung the heavy metal chain five or six times ‘as hard as he could’, striking Zdenek Makar to the left side of his head outside the takeaway shop. The 31-year-old victim, originally from the Czech Republic, collapsed to the ground and was pronounced dead at the scene at…