A murderer's flatmates have been locked up after falsely claiming that her victim had drowned in the bath.
Cheryl O'Callaghan was yesterday jailed for life with a minimum term of 18 years after being unanimously found guilty of murdering Adrian Swift. The 57-year-old victim told a 999 call that he had been "battered s***less" at their home on Bishopsgate Street in Wavertree before his death.
He also reported that the killer had beaten him with a bat and pushed him down the stairs. O'Callaghan's boyfriend Steven Hardaker and a fourth housemate, Adam Oldland, were also imprisoned this afternoon after telling a "cowardly" string of lies to the emergency services in a desperate cover up - which also included stating that he had suffered his injuries during a fall.
