Watch the historic moment a judge's sentencing is broadcast live from the Old Bailey for the first time
The sentencing of Oliver took place in Court Two, one of the Old Bailey's oldest courtrooms.Photos of the courtroom have never been seen before.The defendant, from Bexleyheath, south London, had been cleared of murder having admitted the manslaughter of 74-year-old David Oliver, in Mottingham, south London, on January 19 last year.
His trial had heard he had repeatedly stabbed and slashed the bedbound victim in the face and neck as he lay "helpless" in his bedroom. Prosecutor Louis Mably QC had told jurors it was carried out in the intention to kill because Oliver was "very angry" at learning of allegations against his grandfather of historical sexual abuse of girls.
The defendant had used a kitchen knife in the brutal attack, then confessed what he had done to his grandmother, the court had heard.Jurors were told the defendant grew up in "troubled and difficult times", and in 2016 he was convicted of sexual offences against a young girl when he was aged 15.In the months before the killing, he became aware of allegations of sexual abuse against his grandfather, who was also said to have treated his wife badly and had affairs.
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