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18/01/2010
Brothers Jailed For Killing Grandfather
Two brothers who murdered their 76-year-old grandfather in a "merciless and prolonged attack" in his own home have been jailed.
Wayne Edwards, 34, of Kennard House, Battersea, and Anton Alexander Sanderson, 25, of Latymer Way, were found guilty of murdering Paul Peters.
They have both been sentenced to life in prison, to serve a minimum of 20 years.
Edwards was living with his grandfather in the flat at Kennard House, where the two brothers acted together using whatever weapons came to hand, including their fists, feet, bottles and pieces of furniture to beat their grandfather to death.
Mr Peters died in his Battersea home on 2 May last year from multiple injuries.
Edwards and Sanderson had visited a nearby takeaway restaurant on the night of the murder. They had been drinking heavily and in a fit of violence caused £17,000 worth of damage to the Noor Tandoori.
The brothers were known to police and social services for problems in the past.
Mr Peters had changed household locks to keep his grandsons out of the flat, but later gave Edwards a set of keys telling his social worker that he 'could not live alone.'
Both Edwards and Johnson were seen at various stages in the evening of 2 May on CCTV leaving the property, having changed their clothes to hide the fact they had just beaten Paul Peters to death.
DI Gary Arthur, Homicide and Serious Crime Command, said: "The evidence against these brothers was overwhelming, and through forensics and CCTV we have successfully been able to bring these violent brothers to justice.
"It is far from our understanding how anyone could brutally beat a frail old man to death. It is tragic that he had to die in such a way."
(PR/BMcc)
Wayne Edwards, 34, of Kennard House, Battersea, and Anton Alexander Sanderson, 25, of Latymer Way, were found guilty of murdering Paul Peters.
They have both been sentenced to life in prison, to serve a minimum of 20 years.
Edwards was living with his grandfather in the flat at Kennard House, where the two brothers acted together using whatever weapons came to hand, including their fists, feet, bottles and pieces of furniture to beat their grandfather to death.
Mr Peters died in his Battersea home on 2 May last year from multiple injuries.
Edwards and Sanderson had visited a nearby takeaway restaurant on the night of the murder. They had been drinking heavily and in a fit of violence caused £17,000 worth of damage to the Noor Tandoori.
The brothers were known to police and social services for problems in the past.
Mr Peters had changed household locks to keep his grandsons out of the flat, but later gave Edwards a set of keys telling his social worker that he 'could not live alone.'
Both Edwards and Johnson were seen at various stages in the evening of 2 May on CCTV leaving the property, having changed their clothes to hide the fact they had just beaten Paul Peters to death.
DI Gary Arthur, Homicide and Serious Crime Command, said: "The evidence against these brothers was overwhelming, and through forensics and CCTV we have successfully been able to bring these violent brothers to justice.
"It is far from our understanding how anyone could brutally beat a frail old man to death. It is tragic that he had to die in such a way."
(PR/BMcc)
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