In August 2011, Jacob Dunne killed a man he had never met before with a single punch.
Since then he has been to prison, experienced homelessness and has struggled to cope with his immeasurable guilt.
But he has also forged an unlikely friendship with his victim’s mother.
His victim was James Hodgkinson, a 28-year-old trainee paramedic who died after the head strike in Nottingham.
But James’ mother, Joan, has since forgiven her son’s killer.
Dunne wrote about the bond in his new book, ‘Right from Wrong: My Story of Guilt and Redemption’.
And speaking to LADbible, an emotional Dunne said: “You know, I was told by his parents that James was the type of person where he’d want me to make something of my life and to amount to something positive.
“That helped me to believe in myself a little more because I knew I wouldn’t be able to achieve anything if I was stuck in the guilt and shame of what I’d done.”
James tragically lost his life after crossing paths with Dunne in the summer of 2011.
Dunne was out celebrating a friend’s 18th birthday before he got separated from his pals.
But he then responded to phone calls that changed the course of his life.
He remembered: “I got some calls from my friends who I got separated with who were in another bar causing trouble, which I didn’t know.
