A soldier's neck was broken in three places by his comrade in a brutal murder that may have been a revenge attack after an earlier punch-up, a jury has been told. Lance Corporal Richard Farrell, 23, of the Royal Irish Regiment, is alleged to have 'violently and brutally attacked' Corporal Geoffrey McNeill, landing blows to his 'head, stomach, and genitals'. But Christopher Hotten QC, prosecuting, said it was 'significant force' applied to the neck that killed Cpl McNeill, breaking three of his vertebrae. Corporal Geoffrey McNeill was 'violently and brutally attacked' and killed in his barracks room in Shropshire
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Cpl Geoffrey McNeill, 32, was found with his neck broken in three places
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He had punched out his alleged attacker while out drinking the night before
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L/Cpl Richard Farrell, 23, is accused of murdering his comrade
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