Sarah Reynolds was ‘beaten to death by her partner who then claimed she had taken an overdose’

An abusive boyfriend who beat his longtime partner to death was ‘adamant’ that she had taken an overdose, a court heard. Sarah Reynolds, 58, was found lying dead at her home in Croydon, south London, with extensive injuries all over her body after Earlston Bennett, 57, called paramedics on 11 April 2025. Jurors at Southwark Crown Court heard Ms Reynolds, who had lived with Bennett for 17 years, had to ‘walk on eggshells’ around him and that ‘ultimately, fear ruled…