£40k murder defence is ‘preposterous’

An accused killer who mowed his victim down in a supermarket car park before running him over four times has a ‘laughable’ defence, a court heard. Bobby Ternent, 32 and his father Gary Ternent, 59 had picked up victim John Avers in their BMW X6 at Iceland in Dagenham on September 13, 2020. When Mr Avers got out of the car, the son ran him over as his father held him down, jurors have heard. Bobby Ternent has told the…