Overview

• Minshull Street Crown Court imposed a life sentence with a minimum term of 16 years on September 5 following Naylor’s June convictions for murder and racially aggravated harassment.
• The attack occurred on December 15, 2024, at his mother’s home on Irvine Avenue in Boothstown during a gathering to mark his 22nd birthday.
• Thomas Gomm, 44, died two days later from traumatic head injuries, with a post-mortem noting extensive head and neck bruising and jaw fractures consistent with kicking or stamping.
• Police found Gomm unresponsive at the scene and arrested Naylor shortly after, during which he racially abused an officer before giving no comment in interview.
• Judge Maurice Greene described a brutal assault as Gomm’s mother detailed the family and community’s loss, recalling her son as a well-known local figure.