An on-the-run convict who was living off-grid to avoid being recalled to prison killed a grandmother out walking her dog in a 'vicious and brutal attack', a court heard today.
Anita Rose, 57, was subjected to 'numerous kicks, stamps and blows' by Roy Barclay, 56, whose semen was found on her jacket, jurors were told.
Opening the case, prosecutor Christopher Paxton KC said mother-of-six Ms Rose left her home in Brantham, Suffolk, to walk her dog, Bruce, on July 24 last year.
She was found by passers-by but died four days later in hospital.
'After she left home and before 6.25 that morning, Anita Rose was subject to a vicious and brutal attack with numerous kicks, stamps and blows being delivered to her face, head and body,' Mr Paxton told Ipswich Crown Court.
