Ringleader of gang that killed Garry Newlove could be freed in weeks after serving 17yrs for murder that shocked nation [Video]

THE ringleader of a drunken teen gang which sickened the nation by murdering a dad of three could walk free from prison next month.

Adam Swellings was 19, when he, Stephen Sorton, 17, and Jordan Cunliffe, 16, beat Garry Newlove, 47, to the ground and kicked him to death in front of his daughters.

Garry had caught them vandalising wife Helen’s car at home in Warrington, Cheshire, in 2007.

Swellings, Sorton and Cunliffe got life, with the judge recommending minimum terms of 17, 15 and 12 years respectively.

The younger two are already out and Swellings, now 35, appears before a parole board next month.

A source said: “Garry’s family …