Grandmother Georgina Edmonds was “brutally murdered” in January 2008 inside her country cottage in Brambridge, Hampshire, by electrician Matthew Hamlen, 33, the prosecution allege.

A jury at Winchester Crown Court was told that Mrs Edmonds lived in the grounds of her son Harry’s house and was independent, but suffered from osteoporosis and had had several hip replacements.

The 77-year-old was discovered in a pool of blood in the kitchen by her son and two estate workers after the house was found in darkness. She had been unable to defend herself or activate a personal alarm, the court heard.

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