BURGLAR-killing farmer Tony Martin's fortune has been revealed, 26 years after he killed a teenager at his home. The farmer, who died aged 80 earlier this month, has left behind a fortune worth about £5million. But with no partner or children, questions swirled as to who would inherit his estate.
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His estranged brother, his long-term house-keeper, nieces and cousins could all get a piece of his estate. But according to a close relative, where Tony's money will end up is an ongoing mystery because of how "private" and "frugal" the farmer was. "Tony's estate is worth around £4 to £5million and of yet no one knows where money from Bleak House and all the land he owned is going.
"He was a very frugal man and not interested in money. He had no wife, or kids and was private so no one has a clue who he left his estate to as no one was close enough to him to be privy to his will.". Tony came into the spotlight when he fired an illegal gun at two intruders from his Norfolk farmhouse in 1999, killing one and wounding the other.
His actions sparked a nationwide debate over the measures homeowners can take to defend their property, and landed Martin a five-year sentence for manslaughter . But Martin continued to remain defiant over the death of Fred Barras - and never apologised for what happened.
