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30/05/2013
Brian Farmer Murder - Three Charged
Three people have been charged with the murder of former soldier Brian Farmer in Yardley, Birmingham last year.
64-year-old Mr Farmer was found dead by police at his flat in Bakeman House on Coventry Road on Saturday 19 May, 2012.
Police arrested three people in connection with the murder a short time after the discovery.
Last night, detectives charged an 18-year-old man from Lincolnshire, a 40-year-old woman from Birmingham and a 48-year-old man from Birmingham with murder and false imprisonment.
All three appeared at Birmingham Magistrates Court this morning.
Mr Farmer was born in Birmingham and lived alone at the flat in Bakeman House.
He had spent 22 years in the army, serving with the Queen’s Own Royal Irish Hussars in Northern Ireland and The Gulf before retiring as a Mess Sergeant.
(IT/CD)
64-year-old Mr Farmer was found dead by police at his flat in Bakeman House on Coventry Road on Saturday 19 May, 2012.
Police arrested three people in connection with the murder a short time after the discovery.
Last night, detectives charged an 18-year-old man from Lincolnshire, a 40-year-old woman from Birmingham and a 48-year-old man from Birmingham with murder and false imprisonment.
All three appeared at Birmingham Magistrates Court this morning.
Mr Farmer was born in Birmingham and lived alone at the flat in Bakeman House.
He had spent 22 years in the army, serving with the Queen’s Own Royal Irish Hussars in Northern Ireland and The Gulf before retiring as a Mess Sergeant.
(IT/CD)
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