Two Nottinghamshire brothers who murdered an 85-year-old pensioner in a "vicious and violent" assault have been handed life sentences. Matthew Roe, 25, of Franklin Road, Jacksdale, and Luke Roe, 34, of Potter Street, Worksop, were found guilty of the killing of Henry Thwaites, a convicted paedophile.
Appearing for sentencing at Nottingham Crown Court on Monday, June 5, the pair were said to have made Mr Thwaites "drive to his own death" by promising to go for a car viewing. The brothers instead led him to a remote location before launching a "vicious and violent" attack.
They received a combined sentence of 49 years behind bars for the crime. At the time the pensioner was visiting their mother, Catherine Roe, who was a longstanding friend, from his home in Ramsgate, Kent. He had come into a substantial amount of money and was planning to buy her a car and a house.
