Fake carer beat victim to death with his crutch

A killer who tortured and murdered his flatmate after acting as his live-in carer has been jailed for at least 21 years. Mohammed Assri, 48, pretended to relatives of frail James Dowdell, 54, he was looking after him at the home they shared in St Mark’s Grove, Chelsea, but was stealing his money. He inflicted 60 separate injuries on Mr Dowdell before he was strangled and beaten to death with a paint can and his own crutch. Assri then took…