Murder-accused ‘confessed’ in phone call to killing his boss, court hears
A man “confessed” to killing a former statistician in a phone call, a murder trial jury has heard.
Ian Connell, 39, is alleged to have strangled Donald “Prentice” Patience, 45, following a row over money and then later returned to break into his property to take Mr Patience’s white labradoodle, Layla.
When police responded to the reported burglary on August 22 they found Mr Patience’s decomposing body underneath a duvet cover at the bottom, Greater Manchester.
