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  • 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...