Two violent brothers who beat a convicted paedophile to death face mandatory life sentences for his murder. Matthew Roe, 25, of Franklin Road, Jacksdale, and Luke Roe, 34, of Potter Street, Worksop, were found guilty of the killing of 85-year-old Henry Thwaites by a jury at Nottingham Crown Court on Friday (May 26).
The task for the judge at sentencing, on June 5, will be to decide the minimum term the pair will serve before they are eligible for parole. Mr Thwaites died at around 10.30pm on July 23, 2022, the court heard.
The pensioner, a longstanding friend of their mother, Catherine Roe, had lived in a communal block of flats in Ramsgate, Kent. After he came into a substantial sum of money, he offered to buy her a car.
