Builder puts on rubber gloves...and seconds later he brutally murders client

A BUILDER who murdered a customer with a hammer after she complained about "chronic delays and workmanship" has been jailed for life.

- Adam Dutton

Peter Norgrove, 43, must serve at least 15 years after striking Sharon Gordon on the head eight times.

Video footage from the 58-year-old victim's house show Norgrove pulling on red rubber gloves before entering via the back door.

Ms Gordon's screams were caught on a doorbell camera, then her killer was filmed taking a bag to his car.

Delays

After leaving his victim for dead, Norgrove a married father and recently qualified builder - picked up a child from school and led a Jehovah's Witness service.

Judge Michael Chambers KC told the defendant - who kept his head bowed during yesterday's hearing - it was a "brutal and savage" offence.

Wolverhampton Crown Court heard Norgrove had agreed to build an extension for Ms Gordon within two months and she paid him £29,000.

But the project overran by more than a year, although the reasons for this were not examined in court.