Brian Whitelock attacked his neighbour and killed her (Picture: PA)
A convicted double murderer was found guilty of killing his neighbour after he was released from prison.
Brian Whitelock, 57, attacked neighbour Wendy Buckney, 71, with a kitchen knife, a broken table leg and wooden shelving during a sustained assault in her own home.
The pensioner’s body was found in the living room of her home in Clydach, near Swansea, on August 23, 2022.
Swansea Crown Court heard Whitelock had been jailed for life in 2001 for murder and manslaughter and released from prison in 2018. He was convicted by a jury who deliberated for around 30 minutes following a two-week-long trial on Wednesday.
Following the guilty verdict, Whitelock flew into a fit of rage at the jury from the dock and had to be escorted from the courtroom.
He said: ‘I hope you all suffer a brain injury, I hope you all suffer a brain injury. I hope you all suffer what I went through. You are all bang out of order.’
Wendy Buckney died from her injuries (Picture: PA)
Mr Justice Griffiths adjourned the case for sentencing on December 20.
He told the jury: ‘I apologise for that disgraceful behaviour, you can be quite certain that Mr Whitelock is in a safe place from whence he can do you no harm.’
Ahead of Whitelock’s outburst, the judge had asked if he wanted a barrister to represent him during the sentencing.
The defendant replied: ‘What’s the point?’
During the trial, Christopher Rees KC, prosecuting, said Whitelock had a long-standing drug addiction and history of violence.
Mr Rees said Ms Buckney must have ‘suffered greatly’ at the hands of Whitelock before her death, having sustained multiple stab injuries, sharp force injuries and blunt force injuries.
Police body camera footage showed the moment Brian was arrested (Picture: PA)
He added: ‘You will also hear evidence of sexual assault upon her – whether this was done by the defendant before, during or after his attack upon her is impossible, forensically, to say.’
Whitelock, of Tanycoed Road, Clydach, represented himself during the trial and told jurors he had no memory of the incident and was suffering from a brain injury at the time after he slipped over while out fishing.
Whitelock had previously been jailed in 2001 after he battered Nicholas Morgan to death with an axe handle and set fire to his body.
Whitelock’s brother, Glen, who was asleep, died in the subsequent blaze.
He was released from prison in 2018 and moved in opposite Ms Buckney, who employed him to do odd jobs, including gardening.
During his closing arguments, Mr Rees described to the jury how Whitelock had gone to Ms Buckney’s flat fully clothed, but the next time a neighbour saw him he was covered in blood, wearing just his pants inside out.
CCTV showed Wendy’s final movements (Picture: PA)
Jeffrey Llewelyn, a neighbour, confronted Whitelock outside Ms Buckney’s house while he was kneeling on the front lawn and wiping dirt over his body, where he heard the defendant say, ‘I’ve killed Wendy.’
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Source:: Metro