Posted on 02/02/2025 11:54:17 AM PST by RandFan
Convicted killer Tony Martin, who shot dead a teenage intruder in his home in 1999, has died at the age of 80, a family friend has said.
The killing of 16-year-old Fred Barras at Martin's Norfolk farmhouse was hugely controversial at the time, with the country divided over whether his actions were pre-meditated, or simply a farmer defending himself and his property.
Martin was jailed in 2000 for the boy's murder, and for injuring another man, 29-year-old Brendan Fearon in the same incident, before being released three years later after the murder conviction was reduced to manslaughter.
His friend, Malcolm Starr, said Martin died on Sunday afternoon shortly before 15:00 GMT after suffering a stroke a few months ago.
He was surrounded by close friends when he died at Wisbech Hospital in Cambridgeshire, Mr Starr said.
Martin lived on his own at his sprawling, semi-derelict farmhouse in Emneth Hungate, near Wisbech on the Norfolk/Cambridgeshire border at the time of the incident.
On the night of 20 August 1999, the pair entered his home, in an isolated part of the village, with the intention of burglary.
They had travelled from Newark in Nottinghamshire that evening to raid the property, called Bleak House, where Martin stored antiques.
The farmer heard them, came down from an upstairs bedroom and opened fire with a pump-action shotgun.
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The Daily Mail ran a campaign to get that conviction reduced and they were successful with it
RIP
He may not have outlived Keith Richards, but he definitely outlived the bastard who broke into his home.
There were a lot of letters, petitions, etc. especially from Daily Mail readers they ran a huge campaign.
I will check their website later no doubt they will reflect on it
There was a time back in 1181 AD when all Englishmen were required to show the King they had weapons to protect themselves and the Kingdom. the ASSIZE of ARMS was the first.
Now England has been disarmed so it cannot repel a moslem invasion determined to take over and make Sharia law the law of the land.
Yes it’s true. England has stood for a thousand years but a lot of it undone in the last 30-40 years, in particular
Go to You Tube and see all the videos from the UK.
Shocking doesn’t begin to describe the place.
Sad to see a nation reduced to such a state.
So much for “Great Britain’’.
Part of it stems from people being indoctrinated into believing that taking pride in one’s country is somehow “Nazi”.
That young, apparently drug addicted White woman in that video is emblematic of what is wrong with the UK.
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