A man who killed his brother was jailed for life. 20 years later he brutally murdered his 71-year-old neighbour
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Brian Whitelock told police officers that Wendy Buckney was ‘begging him to stop’. A convicted killer who brutally murdered his neighbour with a kitchen knife and a table leg before wandering outside her home covered in blood has been jailed for life.
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Brian Whitelock, 57, said “I’ve killed Wendy” when he was discovered kneeling on the ground outside Wendy Buckney’s home in Clydach, near Swansea, as he covered himself in dirt. The 71-year-old had kindly provided him with odd jobs such as gardening after he was released from prison for murder and manslaughter, but he killed her by carrying out a sustained assault in her own home.
The pensioner was discovered naked and bloodstained in her living room on 23 August 2022, after being repeatedly stabbed with a variety of weapons, including wooden shelving. He then went to a local garage, returning with a jerry can of petrol which he poured over him and lit a fire. His brother Glen was sleeping upstairs and died of smoke inhalation.
He was convicted by a jury of Ms Buckney’s murder after they deliberated for around 30 minutes following a two-week-long trial on Wednesday. During the trial, Christopher Rees KC, prosecuting, said Whitelock had a long-standing drug addiction and history of violence.
Mr Rees said Ms Buckney must have “suffered greatly” at the hands of Whitelock before her death, having sustained multiple stab injuries, sharp force injuries and blunt force injuries. He added: “You will also hear evidence of sexual assault upon her – whether this was done by the defendant before, during or after his attack upon her is impossible, forensically, to say.”.
