Man battered by gang members died 14 years later

A home owner died from his injuries nearly 15 years after he was beaten by gang members who ransacked his home, a court heard. Neil Woolford then 34, he managed to stagger to his telephone and call the police after the incident on 23 August 2003. From his hospital bed in King’s College Hospital he told Detective Constable Gavin Wilson how gangs often invaded his home in Peckham, southeast London. Mr Woolford was given a CT scan for head and…