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Cannabis user who tortured 93-year-old jailed for murder

Samuel Field, 40, has been jailed for the murder of an elderly man years after attacking two children.

Evening Standard · May 29

Paranoid cannabis user recorded torture of 93-year-old man, jury told

Prosecutors have told Northampton Crown Court that Martin Glynn was punched, kicked, stamped on and strangled in a ‘senseless attack’ by Samuel Field

The Independent UK · Apr 21

Killer with ‘unhealthy fascination’ with knives detained for at least 20 years

Charles Hartle, then aged 17, smiled at 18-year-old Noah Smedley before stabbing him in the heart in a Derbyshire street days after Christmas.

Evening Standard · Aug 22, 2025

Mother who was ‘rammed’ off e-bike sometimes supplied drugs, murder trial told

Keaton Muldoon is accused of murdering Alana Armstrong by ramming her off an electric bike in Derbyshire.

Evening Standard · May 30, 2025

Widower jailed for shooting two men dead over family court decision relating to grandson

Stephen Alderton murdered Joshua Dunmore, 32, and his 57-year-old father Gary Dunmore in March this year

Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2023

Widower jailed for shooting two men dead over family court case

Stephen Alderton murdered Joshua Dunmore, 32, and his 57-year-old father Gary Dunmore in March this year.

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2023