Brian Field, of Rowood Drive, Solihull, West Midla
Brian Field, of Rowood Drive, Solihull, West Midlands, pleaded guilty to the murder of Roy Tutill in a quavering voice.
He denied a further charge of buggery and the offence was ordered to lie on the court file.
Field was snared when a mouth swab was taken after he was stopped for drink driving in the West Midlands.
He was then linked to semen samples found present with the boy.
Wendy Joseph, QC, prosecuting, described Roy Tutill as ‘a normal, happy, healthy child’ who lived at home in with his parents and older brother Colin in Brockham, Dorking.
Roy was a third form pupil at Kingston Grammar School at the time of his death.
Miss Joseph said he and his brother would travel to school each day by bus.
But Colin, being older, was allowed to hitchike home to save money on busfares.
‘Times were really rather different in 1968 and it was not unusual for children to from that school to hitchhike to save bus money,’ said Miss Joseph.
Roy was not allowed to do so until he reached his 14th birthday on March 20 ‘with anticipation’, added the QC.
Normally they would wait just past the Chessington roundabout for a lift from people travelling home from work.
But when Colin got a scooter Roy would travel on his own.
On April 22, 1968, Roy returned to school for a new term, and hitched a ride home.
The next day dressed in his usual uniform including a red blazer he made his way to school, his satchel in hand.
He took the 3.
30pm bus back home with four pals, and he was last seen getting off the vehicle at the rounadabout.
‘It was then some time just before 4 o’clock in the afternoon and it was the last time Roy was seen alive by anyone apart from the murderer.
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Colin drove past the roundabout on his scooter but did not see his little brother.
He got home to find no sign of Roy.
By 6pm his loved ones became concerned about his whereabouts, said Miss Joseph.
Family and friends started searching for him along the route home.
They checked the hospitals and police stations before reporting him missing.
It was not until three days later, on 26 April, that Roy’s body was spotted by a group of foresters who were working in local woodland near Leatherhead.
‘His scarlet blazer was thrown across his back and his satchel was nearby,’ continued Miss Joseph.
‘Roy had been driven some considerable distance south from where he had been picked up at a roundabout.
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