Martin O'Donovan, 47, made a rare visit home for his mum's 70th birthday party in Merseyside but he was killed just a few hours after he made a new friend at the bash

A "bromance" turned deadly after a milestone birthday do was followed by a horror fight and car attack.

Martin O'Donovan, 47, was murdered just hours after travelling home, from Birmingham, in a rare visit for his mum Susan O'Donovan's big 70th celebration. Her daughter, Susanne Lewzey, had hosted a big party with a buffet, music and drinks and Martin met her new boyfriend of 19 months, Stephen Bates, for the first time. The men were bonding over glasses of vodka and Red Bull while downing Jagerbombs, in Woolton, Merseyside , as partygoers said the pair immediately stuck up a "bromance", but this quickly turned in

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