From the BBC:
Burglars 'tortured man to death'
Reginald John Baker
Reginald Baker suffered a 30-minute ordeal (Photo taken 10 years ago)
Two thieves tortured an elderly man to death with a knife and his own walking stick during a burglary in Wiltshire, a jury has been told.
Winchester Crown Court heard John James and Joby Barney conspired with three others to burgle 75-year-old Reginald John Baker's home on 5 September 2008.
Mr Baker was tortured for half an hour by the pair, who tried to make him say where his savings were, jurors heard.
Mr James, 19, and Mr Barney, 25, both deny murder and conspiracy to burgle.
[The defendants] hit Mr Baker and they tortured him to make him reveal where he had hidden the remaining part of his savings
Prosecutor Christopher Parker QC
Prosecutor Christopher Parker QC said: "John James and Joby Barney burst into Mr Baker's home through the front door.
"They knocked him to the ground and over 35 minutes they ransacked his house.
"They hit Mr Baker and they tortured him to make him reveal where he had hidden the remaining part of his savings.
"In doing so the injuries suggest they used their hands, their feet, they used a knife and they used Mr Baker's own walking stick.
Third defendant
"The injuries they inflicted on him were so serious that they killed him."
Mr Barney, of Ringwood Road, Alderholt, Dorset, and Mr James, of The Brambles, Salisbury, are on trial with John Wilkinson, 40.
Mr Wilkinson, of Ford Lane, Ferndown, Dorset, denies a charge of burglary of Mr Baker's home in Landford on 30 July last year and conspiracy to burgle.
On Wednesday two other men, Daniel Coker, 23, of The Brambles, Salisbury, Wiltshire, and 19-year-old Trevor Gray, of Blackfriars, Salisbury, both admitted manslaughter and conspiracy to burgle.
They were remanded in custody to be sentenced at a later date.
The trial of the three other defendants continues.
Can I just say, am I Paranoid?? If this was in Merseyside it would be headline news
Burglars 'tortured man to death'
Reginald John Baker
Reginald Baker suffered a 30-minute ordeal (Photo taken 10 years ago)
Two thieves tortured an elderly man to death with a knife and his own walking stick during a burglary in Wiltshire, a jury has been told.
Winchester Crown Court heard John James and Joby Barney conspired with three others to burgle 75-year-old Reginald John Baker's home on 5 September 2008.
Mr Baker was tortured for half an hour by the pair, who tried to make him say where his savings were, jurors heard.
Mr James, 19, and Mr Barney, 25, both deny murder and conspiracy to burgle.
[The defendants] hit Mr Baker and they tortured him to make him reveal where he had hidden the remaining part of his savings
Prosecutor Christopher Parker QC
Prosecutor Christopher Parker QC said: "John James and Joby Barney burst into Mr Baker's home through the front door.
"They knocked him to the ground and over 35 minutes they ransacked his house.
"They hit Mr Baker and they tortured him to make him reveal where he had hidden the remaining part of his savings.
"In doing so the injuries suggest they used their hands, their feet, they used a knife and they used Mr Baker's own walking stick.
Third defendant
"The injuries they inflicted on him were so serious that they killed him."
Mr Barney, of Ringwood Road, Alderholt, Dorset, and Mr James, of The Brambles, Salisbury, are on trial with John Wilkinson, 40.
Mr Wilkinson, of Ford Lane, Ferndown, Dorset, denies a charge of burglary of Mr Baker's home in Landford on 30 July last year and conspiracy to burgle.
On Wednesday two other men, Daniel Coker, 23, of The Brambles, Salisbury, Wiltshire, and 19-year-old Trevor Gray, of Blackfriars, Salisbury, both admitted manslaughter and conspiracy to burgle.
They were remanded in custody to be sentenced at a later date.
The trial of the three other defendants continues.
Can I just say, am I Paranoid?? If this was in Merseyside it would be headline news
