Man attacks woman he ‘loved like his own gran’ with meat cleaver

A MAN who launched a meat cleaver attack on the frail neighbour he considered “like a grandmother” was locked up indefinitely yesterday.

Lee Cotterill, now 23, hacked at the face, neck and head of 77-year-old Lillian Lovatt more than 70 times, Chester Crown Court heard.

Her skull was fractured and four fingers from her left hand had to be amputated.