David Redfern dragged Margaret Barnes, 71, out his bed and onto the street where he kicked her to death
A cold-hearted man who beat a confused 71-year-old woman to death after she mistook his home for a B&B faces a life sentence for her murder. David Redfern, 46, was found guilty of stamping and kicking Margaret Barnes after she entered his seaside home in Barmouth last July, which she believed was a B&B.
Adjourningsentencing until Friday, Mr Justice Bourne told him: ”You are remanded in custody. You have been advised what the sentencing decision will be.” Mrs Barnes, who had been visiting friends in Barmouth last year, was beaten on Marine Parade in an "unjustified and gratuitous" attack. During the trial, Junior prosecutor James Coutts read a statement from Redfern's neighbour, Lynn Hynes, who recalled hearing the defendant shouting inside his home.
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