A man has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 14 years for murdering a woman who mistook his home for a B&B.

David Redfern, 46, from Barmouth in north Wales, was sentenced in Caernarfon Crown Court on Friday.

Margaret Barnes, 71, from Birmingham died on Marine Parade, Barmouth, in the early hours of 11 July 2022.

The jury during Redfern’s trial heard that he had dragged Ms Barnes down the stairs after he and his partner found her in their bedroom.

Redfern was accused of kicking or stamping on Ms Barnes, inflicting liver injuries on her which the pathologist described as being similar to those seen in car crash victims.

In a statement released after the jury’s verdict on Wednesday, Ms Barnes’s family described her as “a much-loved wife, mother and grandmother”.

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