This is the moment a callous son went to buy alcohol just hours after battering his elderly mother to death with a sledgehammer.
Paul Fox, 54, bludgeoned 83-year-old Yvonne Fox in the kitchen of their shared home because he could not live with the shame of getting a drink driving ban.
After the fatal attack in Alsagar, near Crewe, Fox went to a nearby mini mart to stock up on his favourite Zeppelin white cider.
He took a three litre bottle home with him before drinking it in his bedroom and slashing his wrists.
The following day Mrs Fox’s body was found by a neighbour and family friend who had become concerned after failing to get hold of her.
When officers entered the home on June 3, they discovered a note saying, ‘better off without me.’
Fox was found in his upstairs bedroom at the property surrounded by empty bottles of cider and was said to be in need of medical assistance.
Chester Crown Court heard a post mortem examination revealed Mrs Fox had suffered multiple injuries – consisting of numerous stab wounds to the body and also a number of wounds to her head – believed to have been caused by a sledgehammer.
He was jailed for life with a recommendation he serve 16 years and nine months after he pleaded guilty to the murder of Yvonne Fox on June 2.
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