Dad, 67, stoned to death By MIKE SULLIVAN
Crime Editor
A MAN of 67 was stoned to death by hoodie yobs as he played cricket with his son.
The sick youths stood laughing as Ernest Norton fell to the ground after a rock hit his head.
An air ambulance raced to the sports club where he had been enjoying a game with 17-year-old son James on a tennis court on Sunday afternoon.
But the retired dad-of-two was dead on arrival at hospital.
Police arrested 13 youths, all under 16, on suspicion of murder.
The exact cause of Ernest’s death has yet to be confirmed.
A senior police source told The Sun: “A large group of youths had been throwing stones at him when he collapsed.
“We don’t know if his death was caused by the objects thrown or if he had a heart attack through shock and fear. Suffice to say, it was a barbaric and savage thing to do.”
A worker at Erith Leisure Centre, near Ernest’s home in South London, told how a group of youths were kicked out earlier in the day.
Mum Lucy Parker said: “They were then seen hanging around the playing fields shortly before the attack.”
Hmmmm, I used to live in Erith, wonder if they were muslims?
