A killer replied "what do you mean murder?" when he was arrested after battering a man to death, a court has heard.
Leroy Venner suffered injuries so severe that they are often only seen in car crash victims when subjected to a beating at the hands of Kevin Spaine. He today went on trial at Liverpool Crown Court accused of murdering the 53-year-old at his home on Belmont Drive in Anfield last summer.
The 43-year-old defendant was said to have repeatedly punched and kicked his victim after he had been refused entry to the flat. Spaine later told police that Mr Venner had been a "pain in the a***", but claimed to have been acting in self-defence when delivering the fatal blows.
