Murder accused took labradoodle as victim lay decomposing on stairs, jury told
A man strangled a dog owner to death and later returned to the home of his decomposing victim and took his labradoodle, a court has heard.
The body of Donald Patience, 45, was discovered underneath a duvet cover at the bottom of his stairs by police who responded to reports of a burglary at the end terrace house in Radcliffe, Greater Manchester.
A postman called 999 on the morning of August 22 last year when he saw a male figure climbing through a rear window of the property in Ashworth Road
