An 88-year-old widower died in an attack in his own home during lockdown in April, a jury heard today. Dennis Kellond, a widower who lived alone, was confronted by Darren McClean, in his hallway, a court heard.
The prosecution in the murder trial told the jury the defendant smashed through the window of his front door, intending to burgle his home.
McClean, 42, admitted manslaughter but denied murder on the first day of his trial today. Opening the murder trial, prosecutor James Newton-Price QC said: "This case concerns the killing of an elderly man, Dennis Kellond. "He was killed at his home in Godstone, Surrey in the early weeks of lockdown, on April 25 this year. "Dennis Kellond was aged 88 years and widowed.
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