Happily married mechanic, 38, who took super strength LSD n-bomb and beat his teacher wife and a hero pensioner to death during a psychotic episode before doing a victory speech to neighbours outside their £370,000 house is jailed for life
Daniel Appleton, 38, has been jailed for more than 26 years for double murder
Car mechanic beat his wife Amy Appleton, 32, and OAP Sandy Seagrave to death
He ranted he was God as he murdered pair outside Crawley Down home in 2019
Court heard that Appleton was in grip of psychotic episode after taking LSD
Appleton jailed for life with a minimum of 26 years for the double murder
By Press Association 2021
BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE Undated handout photos issued by Sussex Police of Amy Appleton, 32,(left) and Sandy Seagrave, 76, who were both killed outside a semi-detached house in a quiet street in Crawley Down on December 22 2019 (Sussex Police/PA)
A man who killed his wife and a pensioner during a “psychotic episode” will be sentenced later.
Daniel Appleton, 38, bludgeoned the two women to death in a “fast-moving, alarming, disturbing, terrifying incident” days before Christmas 2019.
The loss of beloved schoolteacher Amy Appleton, 32, and brave passer-by Sandra Seagrave, 76, who rushed to her aid, shocked the small village of Crawley Down, West Sussex.
By Press Association 2021
BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE Undated handout photos issued by Sussex Police of Amy Appleton, 32,(left) and Sandy Seagrave, 76, who were both killed outside a semi-detached house in a quiet street in Crawley Down on December 22 2019 (Sussex Police/PA)
A man who killed his wife and a pensioner during a “psychotic episode” will be sentenced later.
Daniel Appleton, 38, bludgeoned the two women to death in a “fast-moving, alarming, disturbing, terrifying incident” days before Christmas 2019.
The loss of beloved schoolteacher Amy Appleton, 32, and brave passer-by Sandra Seagrave, 76, who rushed to her aid, shocked the small village of Crawley Down, West Sussex.