Ross Outram gets life for 'shocking' murder of 'defenceless' Paddy Lyons

Ross Outram has been jailed for life after a jury today found him guilty of murdering 90-year-old retired farmer Paddy Lyons, who was found beaten to death in his own home.

Ross Outram gets life for 'shocking' murder of 'defenceless' Paddy Lyons

Ross Outram has been jailed for life after a jury today found him guilty of murdering 90-year-old retired farmer Paddy Lyons, who was found beaten to death in his own home.

The panel of eight men and four women rejected the 28-year-old's claim that he repeatedly struck Mr Lyons in "self-defence" after the pensioner, who suffered from osteoporosis and only had the use of one arm, "attacked" him with a stick.

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