Man jailed for 22 years for murder of 93-year-old

A paranoid cannabis user who tortured his 93-year-old friend for more than 24 hours has been jailed for a minimum of 22 years.

Martin Glynn was punched, kicked, stamped on and strangled by Samuel Field, 40, at the killer's home in Desborough, Northamptonshire, in September 2024.

Field, formerly of Gold Street, was found guilty of murder and has been given a life sentence. His trial heard the prosecution describe the prolonged attack as "senseless" and "entirely pointless".

Glynn never walked again after the attack, during which Field made a series of voice recordings about a conspiracy, and died three months later on 26 December.

During sentencing at Northampton Crown Court, prosecutor Adrian Langdale KC described the defendant's friendship with Glynn as a "long-standing imbalanced relationship".

The court heard the pair had known each other for about 20 years and that the dead man had been paying Field "a significant amount of money", including £200 in cash during weekly visits.

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