Murder of Anthony Walker

Murder Of Anthony Walker

Anthony Walker (21 February 1987 – 30 July 2005) was a black British student of African descent from Huyton, Liverpool, England, who was murdered with an ice axe by Michael Barton and his cousin Paul Taylor, in an unprovoked racist attack. Walker was eighteen years old and was in his second year of A-levels. He lived with his mother Gee Walker, his father Steve Walker, his two sisters and one brother.

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