Vodka bottler killer facing life sentence

  A killer who bludgeoned his vulnerable victim to death with a vodka bottle in a ‘despicable crime of intense cruelty’ is facing a life sentence. Mark Croxson, 48, repeatedly punched and stamped on Rodney Parlour, 51, before hitting him over the head until the glass smashed on October 1 last year. Croxson inflicted 67 wounds on Mr Parlour in the sickening attack, witnessed by his sister Natalie Croxson, who was a friend of the victim. Croxson showed no emotion…