A person who murdered a grandmother on her morning canine stroll in a “vicious and brutal attack” whereas he was residing off-grid to keep away from recall to jail has been jailed for all times.
Roy Barclay, 56, subjected 57-year-old Anita Rose to “numerous kicks, stamps and blows” as she walked her springer spaniel Bruce in Brantham, Suffolk, on July 24 2024. He will serve a minimal of 25 years in jail.
The mom of six was discovered by passers-by however died in hospital 4 days later.
Barclay, who denied homicide however was discovered responsible following an earlier trial at Ipswich Crown Court, is because of be sentenced on the identical court docket on Wednesday.
Ms Rose’s eldest daughter, who gave her title as Jess, stated after Barclay’s conviction final month that “criminals cannot remain at large”.
“There’s too much at stake and our communities need protecting,” she stated.
She continued: “We need to make sure that our communities are safe and that people are monitored, that criminals are taken back to prison when they break the terms of their probation.”
Barclay had beforehand been convicted and jailed over a 2015 assault on a pensioner.
Prosecutors stated this bore similarities to the assault on Ms Rose.
Barclay had been launched from jail in February 2020 however had not been residing at a set handle.
He had been needed on recall on the time of his assault on Ms Rose over a breach of his licence circumstances.
It is known that the Probation Service issued a recall discover for Barclay following a breach of his licence circumstances.
Suffolk Police stated there could be a overview of information-sharing processes.
Judge Martyn Levett warned Barclay, after jurors returned their responsible verdict: “The sentence is one that inevitably is going to be life in prison, and the length of it is going to be very lengthy.”
Prosecutor Christopher Paxton KC earlier instructed the court docket that Barclay “lived mostly in the countryside, wandering the fields and lanes, sleeping in various makeshift camps”.
“He lived off-grid because for two years, Roy Barclay had been unlawfully at large,” stated Mr Paxton.
“He had been on the run trying to avoid the police and authorities to try and avoid being recalled back to prison.”
Jurors have been instructed that Barclay had beforehand pleaded responsible, over a separate incident in 2015, to grievous bodily hurt with intent over an assault on an 82-year-old man in Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex.
The pensioner, Leslie Gunfield, had instructed Barclay that he would inform safety about him going via garbage bins at a Co-op grocery store, the court docket heard.
Mr Gunfield was left with severe accidents to his head and required 10 titanium plates for fractures he suffered after being attacked by Barclay.
He was discovered with a canine lead wrapped round his foot, which the prosecution stated was much like the way in which Ms Rose’s physique was discovered, with a canine lead “tightly” wrapped round her leg.
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