Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter A former church warden serving a life sentence for murdering a former Manchester Grammar School teacher has lost an appeal against his conviction.
Benjamin Field was found guilty of killing Peter Farquhar, 69, following a campaign of physical and mental torture and handed a life sentence with a minimum of 36 years in October 2019.
The 30-year-old carried out the brutal killing to inherit his victim's house and money after driving him to think he was losing his mind.
Novelist and English teacher Mr Farquhar, who was described as a 'father figure' to boys at the top independent secondary, died in 2015 aged 69.
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