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BBC News Published image captionDaniel Appleton will serve a minimum of 26 and a half years A man who bludgeoned his wife and a 76-year-old woman to death with a walking stick has been jailed for life. Daniel Appleton, 38, had claimed he had a psychotic episode during the attack in Crawley Down, West Sussex. But Lewes Crown Court heard he had taken a drug similar to LSD, and the judge said the attack in December 2019 was not a case of insanity . Appleton was sentenced to a minimum jail term of 26 and a half years. He was convicted of murder last month. ....
‘The grief is like an earthquake’: Anguish of mother of murdered Sussex woman The mother of a young Sussex woman who was murdered by her husband has spoken of the anguish faced by her family. Monday, 25th January 2021, 4:21 pm Daniel Appleton, 38, has been jailed for life for killing his wife Amy, and passerby Sandra Seagrave, outside their home in Crawley Down just before Christmas in 2019. Amy’s mother read an impact statement from the witness box at Lewes Crown Court. Linda Remon told the court the whole family experienced an emotional earthquake when they found out Amy had been murdered by her husband. ....
The judge told him that this was not a case of insanity . He added: I sentence you on the basis that you took a new psychoactive substance and under the influence of this committed these murders. Anyone who takes new psychoactive substances, which are Class A drugs, is interfering with their own mental processes and responsible for the consequences. Daniel Appleton has been found guilty of the murders of his wife and a pensioner in Crawley Down Amy Appleton s mother Linda Remon faced her daughter s killer in court as she described the uncontrollable distress and despair her family have experienced. ....