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  • Tony Martin dead at 80: Farmer who shot and killed teenager burglar at his house in case that divided the nation dies

    02/02/2025 12:08:33 PM PST · by RandFan · 12 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | Feb 2 | By NOOR QURASHI and KATHERINE LAWTON and RICHARD MARSDEN
    Farmer Tony Martin who shot and killed a teenage burglar at his house has died at the age of 80. The convicted killer was jailed in 2000 for the murder of 16-year-old Fred Barras and injury of 29-year-old Brendon Fearon after the pair entered his Norfolk home. Martin took matters into his own hands as he came downstairs with a pump-action shotgun in August 1999, confronting the pair and shooting Barras dead. He was jailed for murder but released three years later after the conviction was reduced to manslaughter. Since then, the pensioner has said he 'doesn't regret anything'. He...
  • Tony Martin, who killed burglar at farmhouse, dies

    02/02/2025 11:54:17 AM PST · by RandFan · 10 replies
    BBC ^ | Feb 2 | Helen Burchell
    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...