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Alahna Kindred

Homeless man jailed for killing woman, 83, after she saw him selling art and took him in

A homeless man has been jailed for life after he murdered an elderly woman who took him in and burnt her body on a bonfire in her garden.

Allan Scott, 42, met Patricia Holland, 83, while he was selling paintings on the street in Norfolk.

Scott was offered a place to stay at hers, but he killed her and burnt her body after Patricia asked him to leave because of his drunken and aggressive behaviour, Norwich Crown Court heard.

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