Killer boyfriend faces life sentence

An abusive boyfriend who beat his longtime partner to death after subjecting her to years of domestic abuse is facing a life sentence. Sarah Reynolds, 58, had to ‘walk on eggshells’ during her 17-year relationship with Earlston Bennett. Ms Reynolds was found dead at her their home in Croydon, on 11 April last year after Bennett, 57, called paramedics. Bennett claimed she had died from a drug overdose but she was covered in bruises, Southwark Crown Court heard. Prosecutor Louise…