Drug addict who murdered widow, 79, when she put up a fight to stop him snatching the handbag that contained her husband's ashes is jailed for 28 years

A drug addict robber who 'snuffed out the life' of a widow as she desperately clung on to a handbag containing her late husband's ashes has been found guilty of murder. Nellie Geraghty, 79, was discovered face down in the mud just 100 yards from her home in Shaw, near Oldham, Greater Manchester, after suffering a 'most violent attack' at the hands of Mark Royle on her way to her local luncheon club. She received serious head injuries with the 'overwhelming likelihood' that she was knocked to the ground by Royle, 37, and while lying on the floor was kicked or stamped on, a jury at Manchester Crown Court was told.

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