A TEENAGE mugger punched a man unconscious to steal his gold chain then left him to die in the street.

Talos Miller, 19, boasted to pals he would get the necklace after seeing Dave Stimpson, 39, wearing it in a pub.

He followed the carpenter on his way home, hit him, rifled his pockets then put the chain around his own neck.

Dave was left in a pool of *lo** in freezing weather.

Passing an indefinite sentence at Leicester Crown Court, Mr Justice Treacy branded Miller, of Nottingham, a violent young predator.

He told the thug, who admitted manslaughter, to serve 3½ years before his term is reviewed.

Daves aunt Cheryl Stimpson later said: He died because of greed.