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Men guilty of torture raid murder | Men guilty of torture raid murder |
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Two men have been jailed for life for beating and torturing a 75-year-old man to death during a burglary at his Wiltshire home. | Two men have been jailed for life for beating and torturing a 75-year-old man to death during a burglary at his Wiltshire home. |
John James, 19, and Joby Barney, 25, were found guilty of murdering Reginald Baker at Winchester Crown Court. | John James, 19, and Joby Barney, 25, were found guilty of murdering Reginald Baker at Winchester Crown Court. |
Barney, of Alderholt, must serve at least 30 years in prison and James, of Salisbury, at least 28 years. | Barney, of Alderholt, must serve at least 30 years in prison and James, of Salisbury, at least 28 years. |
Mr Baker was stabbed in the head and his neck and back were broken at his home in Landford on 5 September 2008. | Mr Baker was stabbed in the head and his neck and back were broken at his home in Landford on 5 September 2008. |
James, of The Brambles, and Barney, of Ringwood Road, admitted conspiracy to burgle but had denied the murder charge. | |
'No human decency' | |
Daniel Coker, 23, of The Brambles, Salisbury, Wiltshire, and 19-year-old Trevor Gray, of Blackfriars, Salisbury, both admitted manslaughter and will be sentenced at a later date. | |
A fifth man, John Wilkinson of Ford Lane, Ferndown, Dorset was cleared of a burglary charge relating to 30 July, although he was found guilty of conspiracy to burgle in connection with the raid in which Mr Baker died. | |
He is in custody awaiting sentencing. | |
Winchester Crown Court heard that James and Barney conspired with Coker, Gray and Wilkinson to burgle Reginald Baker's home on 5 September 2008. | |
Jurors were shown pictures from a CCTV camera in Mr Baker's house which captured the break-in and murder. | |
Sentencing James and Barney, Mr Justice Royce said the "prolonged, savage and callous attack almost defied belief in any civilised society". | |
He said the pair had "not one ounce of human decency". |