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Son murders parents, dumps bodies 150 miles away

Timothy Crook is accused of killing his parents and dumping their bodies. (Photo by The Guardian)

 A 52 year old man is accused of killing his elderly parents and dumping their bodies back in 2007.

The “domineering” Timothy Crook, allegedly killed Robert Crook, 90, and Elsie Crook, 83, at their Swindon home 8 years ago.

The couple were said to have been strangled, kicked, punched stamped on and physically abused with a weapon in their bedroom.

The bodies were then crammed into the back of a small Nissan Micra and taken to another address in Lincoln.

The couple were reported missing four days later after failing to turn up to a regular dance class at their local church. An investigation ensued resulting in the discovery of the two bodies lying under wheelie bins in Cook’s back garden.

 

Timothy Crook, allegedly killed his father Robert Crook, 90, and his mother Elsie Crook, 83, back in 2007.

Andrew Langdon QC, prosecuting, told the jury: “Exactly eight years ago, Timothy Crook’s elderly parents were killed in a brutal attack. They suffered repeated blows to their bodies and heads, some of which were delivered by a weapon, probably a hammer...Each of them were also strangled, probably with a belt. They lived with their son, the defendant Timothy Crook, in Swindon. Their bodies were dumped in an overgrown back garden at his house in Lincoln. He was arrested within a few days of their deaths.”

His sister, Janice Lawrence, said Cook had “domineered the home” and limited his parent’s freedom at home. “They told her how domineering he was and how frightened they were of him,” Langdon said.

A week prior to their deaths, she visited her parents and they told her “things had been getting really, really bad.”

 “Tim said he was going to evict them, he didn’t want them there. He would stand over them, dominating them, swearing at them, threatening them,” she said.

Crook was arrested and found unfit to stand trial due to mental health problems.

The trial continues, and is expected to last for three weeks.

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