cpl.

At one point, Kroe flew to New Mexico, where the victim lived, and the two started what would become a four-year-long road trip along the West Coast, Belmont Police Cpl.

“The loss of Lance Cpl. Aguilera and Lance Cpl. Gamino is deeply felt by all of us,” Lt.

Cpl Roberts, who was known as Robbo, had been on a night out in Blyth with three colleagues after attending a course in the town on 5 October, Newcastle Crown Court heard.

The gang targeted the soldiers because they were "not from the area", Ms Slaughter said, with the two groups gesturing at each other before Ibbotson repeatedly punched one of Cpl Roberts' friends.

Cpl Roberts, a sniper in the Royal Anglian Regiment based in Oakham, Rutland, died in hospital on 1 November having never regained consciousness, the court heard.