article_snippet: attack was so savage that when Mr Steels was discovered, lying in a pool of blood on the footpath, Mr Steels face had been damaged beyond recognition and there was a gaping hole in the side of Mr Steels head.
article_snippet: Mr Steels was repeatedly bludgeoned to death by Malachi Lindo
article_snippet: Mr Steels was found lying in a pool of blood on the footpath.
article_snippet: Mr Steels had a large hole in the left side of Mr Steels head and Mr Steels face was damaged beyond recognition (collect picture)
article_snippet: The Old Bailey heard Malachi Lindo and Mr Steels did not know each other before Lindo and Mr Steels chance meeting in Green Street, Enfield in London, in the early hours of 4 September 2014.
article_snippet: Mr Steels, originally from Sligo, Ireland, was walking home after leaving a friend’s house at 1.30am when Malachi Lindo launched a friend attack.
article_snippet: CCTV cameras captured part of the struggle as Mr Steels was knocked to the ground and hit repeatedly.
article_snippet: Prosecutor Anthony Orchard QC told the court Mr Steels’ death was ‘wholly unnecessary.
highlights_snippet: Malachi Lindo battered charity worker Phillip Steels, 51, to death in street .
  