The Walking Dead cast is back together again!
30.03.2023 - 09:29 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A cold-hearted man who beat a confused 71-year-old woman to death after she mistook his home for a B&B faces a life sentence for her murder. David Redfern, 46, was found guilty of stamping and kicking Margaret Barnes after she entered his seaside home in Barmouth last July, which she believed was a B&B.
The IT worker refused to call an ambulance after attacking the frail pensioner and dragged her outside the huge townhouse by her ankles as she lay dying. Before Redfern was convicted, the court heard he "sounded like a raving lunatic" on the night Margaret died, the Mirror reports.
The heartless thug denied murder or manslaughter but was found guilty by a jury at Caernarfon Crown Court yesterday after 14 hours and 30 minutes. Jurors were told that Redfern, who is 21-stone and 6ft 1 inches tall, forcefully stamped on the seven and a half stone elderly woman in a "violent and cruel" assault.
Adjourningsentencing until Friday, Mr Justice Bourne told him: ”You are remanded in custody. You have been advised what the sentencing decision will be.”
In his closing speech, prosecutor Michael Jones KC added that Margaret Barnes, of Birmingham, died because of the "violent and cruel" actions of Redfern. Mrs Barnes unfortunately entered the wrong building and encountered a huge man with anger issues after being found in bed, the barrister said.
Home Office pathologist Dr Brian Rodgers found the 71-year-old had suffered blunt force trauma. The court heard that Redfern was surprised that intoxicated Mrs Barnes had entered his home by mistake but acted 'out of all proportion' when he hauled her outside by her ankles.
Mrs Barnes, who had been visiting friends in Barmouth last year, was beaten on Marine Parade in an "unjustified and
The Walking Dead cast is back together again!
Erykah Badu has announced the dates for her "Unfollow Me" tour with direct support from Black Star member Yasiin Bey f.k.a. Mos Def.
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“House of the Dragon” yet, although he has seen the show’s opening credits sequence. The Jamie Lannister actor admitted to TheWrap that he found the opening credits of “House of the Dragon” “a little too familiar,” and has resolved to binge-watch the series at a later date.“I sat down one day and I watched the title sequence and then I was confused because the music of course is the same, the theme music, and then the title sequence was very similar,” Coster-Waldau said during an interview about his new Apple TV+ series “The Last Thing He Told Me.” “And I was like, ‘Oh, this seems too familiar.”Coster-Waldau portrayed Jaime Lannister on all eight seasons of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” series, and he said he’s happy that the prequel series “House of the Dragon” has been so warmly received.
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A mum has shared her heartbreak at finding her two-year-old son dead in bed after he contracted a form of pneumonia.
Josh Flagg and Bobby Boyd have finalized their divorce, ET has learned. The star and Boyd officially ended their marriage on Tuesday.Boyd tells ET, “Falling in love with josh was one of the special times in my life I will never forget.
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Kate Hudson is coming to the defense of her momma Goldie Hawn!
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Adam Levine is opening up about what it’s like being a dad raising daughters who love him.
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