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Man 'uses pensioner's walking stick to beat her to death' before 'using it to kill wife'

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A man snatched a pensioner's walking stick and used it to kill her before proceeding to murder his wife with it, a court has heard.

Daniel Appleton, 38, was having a "psychotic episode" when he chased his wife Amy out of their home and began to attack her on their driveway on December 22 last year, Hove Crown Court heard.

Good Samaritan passer-by Sandra Seagrave, 76, saw what was happening and rushed to help Amy, 32, using her walking stick to assist her.

Despite being less than five feet tall, she bravely intervened by speaking to Appleton in an effort to protect Amy. It was then, prosecutors say, that Appleton - "intent on murder" - turned his aggression towards the vulnerable pensioner and murdered her with her own walking stick.

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