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Norfolk farmer Tony Martin who was jailed for killing a burglar dies aged 80

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03.02.2025

Tony Martin gunned down Fred Barras and Brendon Fearon with a pump-action shotgun after the pair broke into his ramshackle farm near Wisbech on the night of August 20, 1999.

They had travelled from Newark in Nottinghamshire that evening to raid the property, Bleak House, where Mr Martin stored antiques.

Mr Barras, aged 16, was found dead in undergrowth surrounding the property at Emneth Hungate the following day.

Fred Barras, 16, who was shot and killed by Tony Martin in August, 1999 (Image: Submitted) How the EDP of the time reported the shootings at Bleak House (Image: Archant)

Mr Fearon, then aged 29, managed to crawl to a nearby house to summon help.

Mr Martin was jailed for life in April 2000 after a jury at Norwich Crown Court found him guilty of murder.

During the trial, Martin claimed to have been acting in self-defence while prosecutors argued........

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