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| Granddaughter jailed for Daisy Myring murder | Granddaughter jailed for Daisy Myring murder |
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| A woman who battered her 92-year-old grandmother to death after stealing her life savings has been jailed for a minimum of 22 years and six months. | A woman who battered her 92-year-old grandmother to death after stealing her life savings has been jailed for a minimum of 22 years and six months. |
| Daisy Myring was discovered with injuries to her head and body at her home in Brownhills, Walsall, West Midlands, in May and died in hospital. | Daisy Myring was discovered with injuries to her head and body at her home in Brownhills, Walsall, West Midlands, in May and died in hospital. |
| Sheila Jones, 36, of Brownhills Road, Norton Canes, Staffordshire, admitted murder at Wolverhampton Crown Court. | Sheila Jones, 36, of Brownhills Road, Norton Canes, Staffordshire, admitted murder at Wolverhampton Crown Court. |
| Prosecutors said she stole more than £6,000 from Mrs Myring. | |
| Detectives investigating the pensioner's death said a post-mortem examination revealed she died as a result of blunt force trauma to the head and body. | Detectives investigating the pensioner's death said a post-mortem examination revealed she died as a result of blunt force trauma to the head and body. |
| The court heard she had suffered a number of blows to the head, and extensive bruising to her face and upper body, including two black eyes, a fractured collar bone and a dislocated shoulder joint. | |
| Judge Phillip Parker QC told Jones she was "motivated by a desire to silence your grandmother, it was a gross abuse of a position of trust". | |
| He added: "Taking her savings was callous and cruel, but taking her life was unforgivable." |