Decorator denies murdering hospitality manager with bicycle lock

  A painter and decorator accused of battering a hospitality manager to death with a bicycle lock told jurors today (tues) he was only defending himself. Raymond Sculley, 29, allegedly knocked Zdenek Makar to the ground with a heavy blow from the heavy metal chain before repeatedly hitting him as he lay unconscious. But Sculley said he thought he only hit the 31 year-old Czech twice after Mr Makar punched him in the neck and charged at him in an…