Luke and Matthew Roe lured Henry Thwaites, 85, to a remote spot before their 'vicious attack'.
Two brothers have been jailed for life for murdering a convicted sex offender.
Nottingham Crown Court heard in the days before the attack, the defendants had been told Mr Thwaites had sexually abused someone they knew.The brothers were convicted of murdering Mr Thwaites atOn Monday, the court heard Luke, 34, and Matthew, 25, lured Mr Thwaites to his death and later boasted of the attack.
Mr Thwaites, who the court heard had recently inherited £34,000 and bought the defendant's mother a car, offered to help her buy a new house and said he would buy the brothers a new car. Sentencing, Judge Nirmal Shant KC said: "You tricked him into a journey to a remote location. You got him, in effect, to drive himself to his own death. The deceased did not know the area and, once you got him to an isolated place, you attacked him."
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