Man gets life for killing pensioner

A man was jailed for life yesterday for the "brutal, cold-blooded" murder of an elderly neighbour in Belfast two years ago.

A man was jailed for life yesterday for the "brutal, cold-blooded" murder of an elderly neighbour in Belfast two years ago.

Mr Justice Higgins told William Murphy (21) in Belfast Crown Court that he had left Mr Andy Spence (78) to die after beating and torturing him.