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A WARPED killer who murdered a popular pub landlord in a horrifying attack has been jailed for life. Crazed drunk Lawrence Bourke decapitated Scott Gilhooly with an axe before mutilating his body in his own flat at the Swiss Bell pub in Mountbatten Road, Braintree. After his arrest, the 24-year-old made jokes to the police before starting to laugh. Mr Gilhooly, 44, had taken in Bourke and was allowing him to live in the flat with him above the pub. Bourke had a history of heavy drinki...

BBC News Published A lodger who decapitated a pub landlord for "sadistic gratification" has been jailed for life. Scott Gilhooly, 44, who died from stab wounds to his chest and neck, was found at the Swiss Bell pub in Braintree, Essex, on 17 May 2020. Lawrence Bourke, 24, was sentenced at Basildon Crown Court after previously pleading guilty to murder. Judge Justice Griffiths said Bourke, of Lister Road, Braintree, had taken "sadistic pleasure" in the killing. Prosecutor Andrew Jackson told the...

A WARPED killer who murdered a popular pub landlord in a horrifying attack has been jailed for life. Crazed drunk Lawrence Bourke decapitated Scott Gilhooly with an axe before mutilating his body in his own flat at the Swiss Bell pub in Mountbatten Road, Braintree. After his arrest, the 24-year-old made jokes to the police before starting to laugh. Mr Gilhooly, 44, had taken in Bourke and was allowing him to live in the flat with him above the pub. Bourke had a history of heavy drinki...

A lodger who stabbed to death and mutilated a pub landlord for sadistic gratification and to humiliate his victim has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 25 years. The mutilated body of Scott Gilhooly, 44, was discovered at the Swiss Bell pub in Braintree, Essex, on May 17 last year. His friend and heavy drinker Lawrence Bourke, 24, was sentenced at Basildon Crown Court on Friday after previously pleading guilty to murder. Despite his heavy drinking the landlord put up with Bourkes beha...

A 24-year-old man has admitted murdering a Braintree pub landlord who was found with stab wounds to the chest and neck.

Lawrence Bourke, 24, of Lister Road, Braintree, appeared at Basildon Crown Court on Friday. He admitted killing Scott Gilhooly, 44, at The Swiss Bell pub in Mountbatten Road, Braintree on May 17 last year. Police were called to the pub after reports a man had been found dead and Bourke was arrested at the scene. A post mortem examination revealed Mr Gilhooly died as a result of stab wounds to his chest and neck. Speaking after his death, his family said he had “a heart of gold” an...

A man has admitted the murder of a pub landlord in Braintree.