Brothers Convicted After 29-Year Chase | Leeds News

Leeds News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 10, 2026 · 1m

Two brothers, Michael and Anthony Stewart, were sentenced to life for the brutal 1984 murder of civil servant Anthony Littler—ambushed as he walked home, bludgeoned to death in an unprovoked attack. Teenagers at the time, they targeted gay men in a violent robbery spree, with Anthony likely delivering the fatal blows. Despite no evidence Littler was gay, the brothers’ pattern of violence against him and others made the crime chillingly personal. Littler, a gentle 45-year-old who wrote to his mother weekly, died before his mother ever knew the truth. His cousin’s anguish echoed through the…