Old Bailey heard. He was also convicted of threatening to kill his 84-year-old father Colin. The jury rejected Tarver's claim that his father had killed Mrs Tarver and tried to pin it on him.On the morning of the murder, the killer walked downstairs wearing a woman's negligee and began unplugging electrical items before going back upstairs.
Colin confronted his son about his "entirely unusual" behaviour, behaviour Tarver began shouting and pushed his father out of his bedroom.Colin told the court his wife had been sitting in the kitchen before he heard a scream and saw Mrs Tarver lying on her back.He noticed his son holding an ornamental sword which he had used to stab his mother in the chest, killing her in seconds.
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