'Roid-rage' bodybuilder strangled great-gran to death in her own home

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murdering a woman has been jailed for nine years and nine months.In what was a random attack, Chase Kelly, 31, mercilessly strangled Mildred Whitmore, 84, to death on June 1 last year, before being found half-naked by police hiding in bushes outside a school.A worried neighbour called the cops who arrived at her home in College Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, who found Mildred on the floor with her cardigan over her face.READ MORE: JonBenet Ramsey's family launch new DNA-test bid to finally solve six-year-old's murderWhen found, Kelly had cuts and bruises to his arms and legs and was subsequently arrested on suspicion of murder.It had been found that Chase was taking steroids orally as well as injecting them and before the attack, the 31-year-old downed half a bottle of vodka and amphetamines.Chase discharged himself from George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton earlier after suffering from high blood pressure and at Warwick Crown Court, a nurse said tests showed that Chase had taken 10 times the normal amount of a prescribed amphetamine, for which he was prescribed for PTSD.On July 26, Chase was jailed for a minimum of nine years and nine months for the crime after pleading guilty to manslaughter on the ground of diminished responsibility.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.Following the verdict, Mildred's family paid tribute to the great-grandmother and scolded Kelly for taking Mildred's life.They said: “We have no words to describe how Chase Kelly has caused us to feel.

Kelly took the life of our mother Mildred in such a brutal way and that loss is unbearable.“Collectively as a family, our hearts are broken at the thought that we will never see her again.“Despite.