Age: 27
Sex: male
Date: 2 Mar 2000
Place: Angelsea Public House, Beresford Road, Liverpool
Michael Ennis was attacked outside the Angelsea Public House on Beresford Road on 2 March 2000.
A man was tried for his manslaughter in November 2000 but acquitted.
Michael Ennis fell and hit his head on the pavement and was taken to the Royal Liverpool University Hospital and later transfer to the Aintree University Hospital site, Fazakerley for neurosurgery where he later died.
His cause of death was given as Oedema necrosis of the brain associated with subdural haemorrhage and skull fracture.
see newswirral.co.uk
see Unsolved 2000FOI Merseyside - granted (This case refers to an incident outside the Angelsea Public House on Beresford Road, Liverpool L8 4TW, on 2nd March 2000, In which the deceased was involved in an incident in which he was struck, falling and hitting his head on the pavement, that resulted in a fracture to his skull. The deceased was taken to the Royal Liverpool University Hospital and later transfer to the Aintree University Hospital site, Fazakerley for neurosurgery. The deceased died at the hospital and the cause of death was recorded as, “Oedema necrosis of the brain associated with subdural haemorrhage and skull fracture”. Following an investigation, a person was charged in connection with the incident and the Crown Prosecution Service prosecuted the case as Manslaughter at Liverpool Crown Court in November 2000. The case was dismissed, and an acquittal recorded. The case is subject to review as an ‘unsolved crime’+ and has recently been reviewed. +An unsolved crime is a crime for which a suspect has not been identified, charged, and tried for the crime, or a case that has gone to trial without a conviction and remains open pending new evidence.)
