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Man Killed Neighbour over a Noise Dispute and Recorded the Attack
The recording captured the victim’s final words and helped convict Hughes, who received a life sentence with a 12-year-and-180-day minimum term.
- On Thursday, Judge Nicklin sentenced James Hughes, 67, to life imprisonment with a 13-year minimum term for murdering neighbor Harry Turner, 68, at The Old Palace Flats in St Asaph on Christmas Day last year.
- Tensions between the neighbors had simmered for months over noise complaints, with Turner leaving voicemails stating he was "at breaking point" and "going to hurt someone" before the fatal confrontation.
- Hughes recorded the entire attack on a Dictaphone, capturing Turner pleading "Get off me, I can't breathe" while Hughes struck him repeatedly with his walking stick and refused to stop despite the pleas.
- Michelle Appleton, the victim's sister, told the court a "knock at my door changed everything," while defense attorney Gordon Cole KC argued Hughes had no prior convictions and suffered poor health.
- Judge Nicklin described Hughes' response as "angry, callous and cruel" but found the attack was not premeditated, imposing a life sentence reduced by 185 days for remand time already served.
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