Teenager ‘grabbed his own grandfather, 91, around the neck and left him to die to get his £300 pension’

A teenager murdered his frail grandfather during a botched robbery for his £300 pension money, a court heard today. Stephen Lang grabbed 91-year-old Thomas Lang, 'broke his neck' and pushed him to the floor during the attack in the early hours of April 17 last year. Lang, now 20, went to his bedroom and stole £300 from a wallet that was hidden under a pillow. He then fled, leaving his grandfather seriously hurt on the floor of his home in Launceston, Cornwall. Despite his injuries, Mr Lang was able to summon help at 1.44am on a lifeline alarm that he wore around his neck, Truro Crown Court heard. Simon Laws QC, prosecuting, told jurors: 'In the early hours of April 17 last year Stephen Lang paid a visit to his grandfather. 'He attacked him and he inflicted very serious injuries upon him. 'He broke his neck and he caused injuries to the structures of the throat. Mr Lang died from his injuries a few days later in hospital.

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