Lodger, 24, jailed for life after decapitating pub landlord, 44
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' Bourke's behaviour and they lived together through the first coronavirus lockdown. (Pictured, Laurence ...
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