22-year-old ‘tormented’ vulnerable man (65) before killing him

The actions of a 22-year-old criminal who harassed and tormented a vulnerable man with a brain injury before stabbing him to death in his own home have been described by the victim’s family as “nothing but evil”.

Christopher Hall’s daughter Rebecca told the Central Criminal Court on Monday that the decision by defendant Owen Maughan to plead guilty to murdering her father does not change anything for her family, as it “does not undo or justify” what he did and will not bring her father back.

She added: “You took the life of an innocent and vulnerable man that had a brain injury, your murderous crime on him was heinous and barbarous and my family will always wonder why you did this. It was senseless, you took his life in his own home, where he lived alone, a place where he was supposed to feel safe and secure, your actions were nothing but evil”.

Ms Hall said she had found her father’s body on the floor between two chairs in their sitting room and that he was lying on his back in a…

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