Jamie Boult murder trial: Loner ‘battered pensioner to death after creeping in through open patio doors’

26 Jun 2013 00:00

The court heard he had suffered from "social phobia" since he was 13 and had previously been on anti-depressants

Hampshire Police

A loner battered an OAP to death with a lump hammer because her patio doors were open, a court was told.

Jamie Boult, 25, crept into 85-year-old Delia Hughes flat and hit her over the head eight times, a jury heard yesterday.

Boult, Southampton, Hampshire, denies murder at Winchester Crown Court, where he is also on trial for the aggravated burglary of another property.

William Mousley QC, prosecuting, said: "She went into her bedroom where she was attacked and killed by Jamie Boult who was hiding behind the door waiting for her to come in.

"He was a complete stranger who had found his way into her flat without her knowledge armed with a heavy lump hammer.

"He hit her on the back of the head with the hammer causing her to fall to the floor where he continued his attack with more hammer blows.

"Having killed her or at the very least left her mortally wounded, he stole her jewellery and left her.

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Jamie Boult murder trial: Loner 'battered pensioner to death after creeping in through open patio doors'