Two found guilty of murdering man who tried to break up hotel fight
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Two men are facing life sentences after battering a ‘peacemaker’ father who was working at a music festival. Andrew Main, 33, was helping to set up the music festival starring singer Jason Donovan, Boomtown Rats and UB-40 when he was killed outside his hotel.
Scotsman Andrew had tried to break up a fight between guests at the Travelodge in Swansea, South Wales, where he was also staying. But in the chaos, he was attacked by two fellow guests who continued to batter him even as he lay ‘unconscious and defenceless’ on the floor.
![[Two men have been found guilty of murdering a dad killed 430 miles from home while trying to break up a fight at his hotel, a court heard today(Mon). Andrew Main, 33 was working at a music festival starring singer Jason Donovan, Boomtown Rats and UB 40 when he was murdered outside his hotel. Andrew, of Scotland tried to step in when a brawl broke out between the guests at the Travelodge in Swansea, South Wales where he stayed while working on the Let's Rock Wales festival. Pictured here are still from a video of the attack WALES NEWS SERVICE]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_236667326-e7bd.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Andrew died in hospital after suffering a brain bleed. Joseph Dix, 26, and Macauley Ruddock, 28, both denied murder and manslaughter, but today a jury found the duo guilty of murdering Mr Main. Judge Paul Thomas told Dix and Ruddock: ‘There can only be one sentence for murder and that is imprisonment for life but I have to fix the term you will have to serve before you can be considered for release.’.
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. Prosecutor David Elias told the court a row broke out after Mr Main and a friend had been chatting to two women inside the hotel at the bar – a move which angered Dix and Ruddock.
Mr Elias said Mr Main was a ‘peacemaker’, and tried to push friend Michael Bell, 18, away from the confrontation before walking away. He said Mr Main was ‘offering no threat to anyone’ as he and his friend had walked away. But after Mr Bell and Mr Main walked away, Dix and Ruddock pursued them and pushed Mr Main to the ground.
