Murder of Anthony Walker
Anthony Walker | |
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| Born | Anthony Delano Walker 21 February 1987 Huyton, England |
| Died | 30 July 2005 (aged 18) Liverpool, England |
| Cause of death | Axe wound to head |
| Occupation | A-level student |
Anthony Delano Walker (21 February 1987 – 30 July 2005) was a Black British student of Jamaican descent who was murdered with an ice axe by Michael Barton (brother of footballer Joey Barton) and Barton's cousin Paul Taylor, in an unprovoked attack on the night of 29 July 2005 in Huyton, Merseyside. Walker was eighteen years old and was in his second year of A-levels. He lived with his parents, Gee Walker and Steve Walker, his two sisters and one brother.