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'Peacemaker' Liam Derrett Killed Trying to Break up Fight in Ilkeston

Liam Derrett was fatally struck during a drunken brawl while trying to stop a fight; attackers received sentences including six years for manslaughter, court heard.

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Liam Derrett died in hospital days after being attacked in Ilkeston's Market Place.

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Teen 'peacemaker' killed after ‘drunken yob brawl’ by group of ‘savages’

Liam Derrett, 19, from Derbyshire, died two days after a couple of yobs punched him outside a pub in Ilkeston.

·United Kingdom
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'Peacemaker' Liam Derrett killed trying to break up fight in Ilkeston

Liam Derrett died in hospital days after being attacked in Ilkeston's Market Place.

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Teen was trying to break up fight - but ‘savages’ took his life ‘needlessly’

Liam Derrett was attempting to stop a fight when he was first punched by Kai Donachie and Joshua Harris in Ilkeston Market Place in June last year, a court heard

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Teen peacemaker killed in attack was 'needlessly taken' by group who acted 'like savages'

The fatal incident was described as 'a drunken yobbish brawl'

·Derby, United Kingdom
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Derby Telegraph broke the news in Derby, United Kingdom on Tuesday, February 3, 2026.
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