A grieving family still do not know what caused a son to murder his own dad.
David Lavender was jailed for life with a minimum of 14 years in prison earlier this week after admitting to murdering his 79-year-old father Anthony on December 29 last year. Mr Lavender died just days before his 80th birthday after what a judge described as an “entirely unprovoked attack” that saw his son hit him twice with a glass kettle, causing him to have a fatal heart attack.
Despite Lavender’s guilty plea earlier this year, family members said in court this week he had remained silent on the motivation behind the attack. He has not explained to family members why he did what he did but said via his lawyer he wanted to apologise for the assault that led to his father’s death.
