A man who murdered a dog walker in a "brutal attack" in which he inflicted injuries "similar to a high-speed car crash" has been jailed for life, with a minimum term of 25 years.

Roy Barclay, 56, of no fixed address, attacked 57-year-old Anita Rose with "numerous kicks, stamps and blows" in Brantham, Suffolk , on 24 July last year.

Ms Rose, a mother of six, had left her house to walk her springer spaniel Bruce, and was later found unconscious and with serious head injuries by a passing cyclist at about 6.25am.

She died four days later at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.

Barclay denied murdering Ms Rose, but was found guilty by a jury at Ipswich Crown Court on 9 July after around two-and-a-half hours of deliberation.

Image: Roy Barclay. Pic: Suffolk Police/PA

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