Burglar ‘killed dementia sufferer with a headbutt’

A burglar raided two homes after he headbutted an 86-year-old dementia sufferer to death, a court heard. Ashley Malcolm, 40, broke into John Burke’s flat in Stoke Newington late on 28 September last year and assaulted the pensioner before leaving with a trolley bag of stolen goods. Malcolm returned to the property Mr Burke shared with wife Peggy, 91, less than two hours later after trying to burgle two other houses including a nearby residential home, the Old Bailey heard….