Shane Gilmer, 30, killed by his crossbow-wielding neighbour Anthony Lawrence
Lawrence broke into their home by removing bricks in the attic where he waited
He fled the scene after attack and was found dead after a nationwide manhunt
Laura has since launched a campaign against the unregulated sale of crossbows
Coroner Prof Marks described crossbows as deadly and vicious weapon , adding he intended to write report addressing fact their sale is completely unregulated
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image captionGerald Corrigan was murdered by a crossbow shot outside his remote home near Holyhead in 2019
A jury in the trial of a man accused of defrauding a man who was later murdered with a crossbow has been discharged.
Richard Wyn Lewis, 50, took £200,000 from Gerald Corrigan, who was killed his home on Anglesey in 2019, Mold Crown Court heard.
Mr Lewis, of Llanfair-yn-Neubwll near Holyhead, had denied eight counts of fraud.
Now it has emerged that the jury in the trial was discharged on Monday owing to health reasons.
The case has been adjourned until 10 January, 2022.
13:29 EDT, 14 April 2021
Garald Corrigan, 74, who lived in a remote part of Anglesey, North Wales, was murdered in 2019 after he was virtually cleaned out having handed £200,000 to a conman who promised to develop his home
A pensioner who was murdered with a crossbow had been virtually cleaned out after handing £200,000 to a farmer conman who promised to develop his home and sell it for £2m, a court heard today.
Richard Wyn Lewis, 50, took thousands of pounds from Gerald Corrigan and his partner Marie Bailey, which he claimed was going towards property development and the purchase of horses, a trial at Mold Crown Court was told.
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The year 2020 saw scores of murderers, rapists, terrorists and abusers put behind bars in courts across the UK.
Despite the coronavirus pandemic slowing the justice system down this year, hundreds of criminals faced justice remotely as judges delivered their verdicts via video links.
The 18 criminals locked up for the worst crimes in Wales in 2020
The list includes murderers, a man who attacked his pregnant girlfriend with a claw hammer, dangerous drivers who caused serious injuries to their victims, and other criminals
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