Killed in a row over his lunchbreak

A pensioner is facing years behind bars for stabbing a plumber 30 times claiming he took a three hour lunchbreak when he should have been working on his boiler. William Treadwell, 68, launched a frenzied attack on Gary Amer, 63, at his home in Walworth, southeast London, then dialled 999 to confess from his local pub. Timothy Cray, prosecuting said Treadwell beat Mr Amer over the head from behind with a pan before stabbing him repeatedly as he lay defenceless…

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