CCTV footage has shown the final moments of a grandmother who mistakenly walked into a house thinking it was her B&B. Moments later, the homeowner beat her to death leaving her with injuries likened to those caused by a high speed car crash.
Victim Margaret Barnes, 71, was viciously attacked by David Redfern in July last year. The grandmother mistook his seaside home - Belmont House - for Wavecrest B&B where she was actually staying further down the street in Barmouth, North Wales. Redfern discovered her in bed and drinking a glass of gin with her false teeth on the side table and launched a savage attack.
Redfern, 46, was jailed for life on Friday for the crime, in which a court heard he dragged seven-and-a-half stone Mrs Barnes downstairs by her ankles while calling her a "scumbag" and a "thieving c***". Outside, Redfern kicked and beat Mrs Barnes before mocking her as she lay defenceless on the ground.
