Neil Tulley was a 54-year-old stepfather to two older children, 23-year-old Joshua Ellis and his little brother, 14-year-old Jerome Ellis, who he didn’t get along with. Both had a dysfunctional childhood, which would only get worse when they moved into their mother’s home, where she lived with Neil. Neil was known to be a violent drunk with a criminal history filled with abuse. One night, as he slept on the living room sofa, the two boys decided they had enough, and attacked him with two kitchen knives in a stabbing that was so brutal, that he was nearly decapitated. Though there was a pattern and history of violence towards the boys, Neil was asleep when the vicious murder happened.

Was this truly a case of self-defence or something else altogether?

Sources:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/10560275/real-murder-responsible-child-killer-bbc-ellis-brothers/
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/world-news/neil-tulley-murder-teenager-jerome-3175644
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-surrey-27518701
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2601770/Baby-faced-killer-locked-knifing-STEPFATHER-death-big-brother-lay-sofa-family-home.html

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