Mallet killer Trevor Baker gets 20 years

A handyman whose ex-girlfriend died 14 years after he smashed her over the head with a rubber mallet has been jailed for 20 years. Trevor Baker, 53, attacked Carolyn Kemp, then 35, when she came to his home in November 2009 to pick up their children after warning a neighbour: ‘I’ve got to kill her. She’s got to go.’ In the days leading up to the incident Baker strangled the family dog and set fire to £3,000 in banknotes. When…