A woman thought she was going to die when a killer began strangling her in her bed.
David Alty was previously convicted of manslaughter after beating his dad Edward Hall to death with his own walking stick. His history of violence has now continued with an attack that only stopped when he was hit in the groin.
Liverpool Crown Court heard today, Friday, that the victim, who the ECHO has chosen not to name, has known the now 36-year-old since he was a child and "regarded him as a little brother". Alty began living with her in May this year when he "had nowhere else to go".
