Burglar who specialised in preying on the elderly killed dementia sufferer

A serial burglar who headbutted an 86-year-old dementia sufferer to death in an ‘evil act of violence’ is facing years behind bars. Ashley Malcolm, 40, broke into John Burke’s flat in Stoke Newington late on 28 September last year and attacked the grandfather before leaving with a trolley bag of stolen goods. Malcolm returned to the property Mr Burke shared with 91-year-old wife Peggy less than two hours later after trying to burgle another house and a nearby care home,…