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Stourbridge stabbing: Aaron Barley admits murder Stourbridge stabbing: Aaron Barley admits murder
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A homeless man who turned on a family who befriended him has admitted murdering the mother and her 13-year-old son.A homeless man who turned on a family who befriended him has admitted murdering the mother and her 13-year-old son.
Tracey and Pierce Wilkinson were stabbed to death at their home in Stourbridge, West Midlands.Tracey and Pierce Wilkinson were stabbed to death at their home in Stourbridge, West Midlands.
The boy's father, Peter, was seriously injured in the attack but survived.The boy's father, Peter, was seriously injured in the attack but survived.
Aaron Barley, 23, of no fixed address, admitted the killings at Birmingham Crown Court on what would have been the first day of his trial.Aaron Barley, 23, of no fixed address, admitted the killings at Birmingham Crown Court on what would have been the first day of his trial.
He previously admitted the attempted murder of Mr Wilkinson.He previously admitted the attempted murder of Mr Wilkinson.
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The family first met Barley after Mrs Wilkinson decided "off-the-cuff" to help him when she saw him trying to keep warm in a cardboard box while she was out shopping.The family first met Barley after Mrs Wilkinson decided "off-the-cuff" to help him when she saw him trying to keep warm in a cardboard box while she was out shopping.
She helped him find accommodation, arranged daily meals for him where he was or at their home and her husband went on to employ him as a labourer in April last year 2016. She helped him find accommodation, arranged daily meals for him where he was or at their home and her husband went on to employ him as a labourer in April last year.
On the day of the attack in March this year, Barley is thought to have taken the murder weapon to the Wilkinsons' home and let himself in.
Once inside, he proceeded to launch a vicious knife attack.
Mrs Wilkinson, 50, was pronounced dead at the scene, while Pierce died after being taken to hospital.Mrs Wilkinson, 50, was pronounced dead at the scene, while Pierce died after being taken to hospital.
Mr Wilkinson, 47, managed to phone the emergency services after being stabbed six times and spent 11 days in hospital recovering from his wounds. Mr Wilkinson, 47, was stabbed six times and spent 11 days in hospital recovering from his wounds.
He was found in the garden of the family home with facial lacerations, dozens of deep stab wounds and ended up needing almost 100 stitches and spent six days in intensive care. Describing the attack, Mr Wilkinson said he was jumped on by Barley in their kitchen after he returned home from a morning dog walk.
The couple's daughter Lydia, 18, was away at university at the time. 'Knife in stomach'
On the day of the attack, Mr Wilkinson said he was jumped on by Barley in their kitchen after he returned home from a morning dog walk. He said Barley, clad entirely in black, was brandishing a big knife over his head.
'Energy draining from me'
Dressed all in black, Barley was brandishing a big knife over his head and started stabbing him.
As they grappled, leaving a trail of blood around the home, Mr Wilkinson was stabbed six times - twice in the face, twice in the abdomen and twice in the back.As they grappled, leaving a trail of blood around the home, Mr Wilkinson was stabbed six times - twice in the face, twice in the abdomen and twice in the back.
He then heard his car being driven off their gravel drive. Describing the attack, Mr Wilkinson told reporters: "I said to him, after he'd stabbed me, 'Aaron we tried to help you' and he stuck the knife into my stomach and said 'die you bastard'."
It was only when he spoke to the emergency services in a chair in the garden did he realise he was "actually dying". The company director managed to contact emergency services, and was found in the garden of the family home with facial lacerations and deep stab wounds.
He said he remembered telling a paramedic to go into the house. He then heard them say "one deceased and one in cardiac arrest".
"I knew at that point that I had most likely lost Tracey and Pierce," he said.
Mr Wilkinson, who was rushed in to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, said he thought he was also going to die.
The couple's daughter Lydia, 18, was away at university at the time.
Barley fled in the family's Land Rover and was pursued by police before he crashed in a nearby road and was arrested.
Det Supt Tom Chisholm said Barley has remained uncooperative while in custody and given officers no reason for the "horrific attack".
Describing the murders as the most shocking he had dealt with due to the level of violence used and their random nature, the officer added: "There is usually a build-up or a motive or a grudge of something, but this one is just very random."
Mr Wilkinson said he knew of no motive for the attack and surmised that Barley, whose parents died when he was young, knew his life was "going bad ways", he wanted to take it out on the people that had "cared and looked after him".