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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 found with injuries to her head and body at her home in Brownhills, Walsall, West Midlands, and died hours later on 31 May. | |
| 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. | 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 how she had suffered several blows to the head. She was found with extensive bruising to her face and upper body, including two black eyes, a fractured collar bone and a dislocated shoulder joint. She died a few hours later. | |
| 'Callous and cruel' | |
| Prosecutor Gareth Walters, said Jones, a mother-of-two, had used her position as one of her grandmother's carers to "look after her finances". | |
| The court heard that over a period of eight months last year Jones withdrew £6,800 from her grandmother's account in 14 separate transactions and continued to withdraw money at the start of 2011. | |
| Mrs Myring's suspicions were aroused when she realised that a substantial amount of money was missing from her bank account. | |
| The day before Mrs Myring planned to visit the building society in person, Jones went over to the house with a torch and a pillow, the court heard. | |
| Mr Walters said she had been intending to smother her grandmother during the night to prevent the theft coming to light. | |
| She was "hoping to put it down to Daisy's poor heart," he told the court. | |
| 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". | 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." | He added: "Taking her savings was callous and cruel, but taking her life was unforgivable." |