News by Emma James, The Sun 3rd Jun 2021 5:06 AM | Updated: 6:03 AM A Travelodge guest who battered a receptionist to death had been released from jail two months before the chilling attack, a court heard today. Stephen Cole, 27, killed innocent Marta Vento in a "senseless" attack that lasted 42 minutes, a court in the UK has heard. The court heard the hotel guest, 32, grabbed the 27-year-old receptionist before chasing her into an alcove and repeatedly punching and kicking her to death. Cole, who has severe schizophrenia, had run out of his medication and suffered from delusions including believing "smoke detectors were surveying him".