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WAYNE MORRIS

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BOGNOR REGIS MAN JAILED FOR PANDEMIC PARTNER MURDER

A man has been jailed for killing his partner days after he moved in with her during the first wave of the pandemic.

Wayne Morris admitted killing Ruth Brown in her Bognor Regis home but claimed he could not remember what happened because he was drunk.

The 47-year-old carried out "a violent and sustained attack" with a plastic tray after an argument, police said.

He was convicted of murder at Brighton Crown Court and will serve at least 17 years.

The court had heard that the pair had been in a relationship for several years, but lived separately.

At the start of April 2020, Morris moved from his home in Larch Close, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, and into Ms Brown's home in nearby Collyer Avenue, because of the coronavirus pandemic.

On 11 April, after not being able to contact her, Ms Brown's family went to the property and found her dead in bed.

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ined attack" with a plastic tray after an argument, police said. He was convicted of murder at Brighton Crown Court and will serve at least 17 years. The court had heard that the pair had been in a relationship for several years, but liv...

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A man has been jailed for killing his partner days after he moved in with her during the first wave of the pandemic

Prison sentence

17 years

He was convicted of murder at Brighton Crown Court and will serve at least 17 years

Location Information

Bognor Regis, Arun, West Sussex, South East, England, Town, Arun, West Sussex, South East, PO21

Coordinates: 50.7844, -0.6707

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