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POLICE investigating the murder of Scott Gilhooly described it as a "cowardly, vicious and brutal attack". The pub landlord, 44, was stabbed to death in a flat above Braintree's Swiss Bell pub, which he ran, on May 17 last year. Killer Lawrence Bourke, 24, had been renting a spare room in the flat for about 12 months when he carried out the sickening attack. A post-mortem examination found Scott had died from stab wounds to his chest and neck. Bourke, of Lister Road, Braintree, was jailed for life at Basildon Crown Court, on Friday, and will serve a minimum of 25 years. The police...

POLICE investigating the murder of Scott Gilhooly described it as a "cowardly, vicious and brutal attack". The pub landlord, 44, was stabbed to death in a flat above Braintree's Swiss Bell pub, which he ran, on May 17 last year. Killer Lawrence Bourke, 24, had been renting a spare room in the flat for about 12 months when he carried out the sickening attack. A post-mortem examination found Scott had died from stab wounds to his chest and neck. Bourke, of Lister Road, Braintree, was jailed for life at Basildon Crown Court, on Friday, and will serve a minimum of 25 years. The police...

A WARPED killer who murdered a popular pub landlord in a horrifying attack has been jailed for life.

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 drinking and had left his family home, having been taken in by Mr Gilhooly in 2019.

Braintree pub landlord Scott Gilhooly was murdered by crazed drunk Lawrence Bourke, a court has heard.