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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Antony Thrower & Adam Maidment

Last moment gran, 71, was seen alive after mistaking home for her B&B

A man who was found guilty of murdering a pensioner and dragging her into the street by her ankles after she mistook his home for her hotel has been jailed for life.

Haunting CCTV footage showed the moment 71-year-old Margaret Barnes walked up to the entrance of the home of David Redfern, 46, with a suitcase in tow last July.

A court heard how Barnes had believed the five-bedroom seaside home on Marine Parade, Barmouth, was her hotel, which was situated only a few houses down the road.

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