A teenager who beat his mother to death with a hammer and burned her body in a chilling murder inspired by a plot from the TV soap Coronation Street has been jailed for at least 16 years.
Daniel Bartlam, who was 14 at the time, initially told police his mother, Jacqueline, had been killed by an intruder at their home in Redhill, Nottingham, on April 25th last year. He then changed his story, claiming he had killed her after losing control following an argument.
Nottingham crown court heard the teenager had been inspired by a plot in Coronation Street in which one of the characters, John Stape, killed a woman with a hammer.
Bartlam denied murder, claiming he had been provoked. – (Guardian Service)
