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| Ian McLoughlin admits Graham Buck murder | Ian McLoughlin admits Graham Buck murder |
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| A convicted killer has admitted the murder of a man who was stabbed while going to the aid of a neighbour in a Hertfordshire village. | |
| Ian John McLoughlin, 55, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to the murder of Graham Buck, in Little Gaddesden, last July, while he was a day release prisoner. | |
| Mr Buck, 66, was stabbed when he responded to cries for help from his neighbour, Francis Cory-Wright, who was being robbed. | |
| McLoughlin is due to be sentenced later. | |
| The court heard McLouglin turned up at Mr Cory-Wright's house claiming to need help setting up a charity supporting elderly ex-offenders. | |
| Throat slashed | |
| But McLoughlin suddenly grabbed him and demanded to know where he kept his "gold and silver". | |
| He tied Mr Cory-Wright to the bed, stuffed silver family heirlooms into a pillowcase and demanded his bank cards and Pin numbers. | |
| Father-of-three Mr Buck, who lived two doors away from Mr Cory-Wright, went to help him after hearing shouting in his front garden. | |
| McLoughlin told police he was "sorry" for what he did to Mr Buck. | |
| He said he was confronted by Mr Buck as he tried to flee Mr Cory-Wright's house, and stabbed him in the neck. | |
| Witnesses described seeing Mr Buck with his throat slashed "wide open", prosecutor Ann Evans said. | |
| In October 1983 McLoughlin was jailed for 10 years for the manslaughter of Len Delgatty, who was 49 and lived in Stoke Newington. He had head injuries from a hammer attack and had been strangled. | |
| The sentence for the manslaughter of Mr Delgatty was reduced to eight years on appeal. | |
| McLoughlin was convicted of the murder of barman Peter Halls, aged 56, in Brighton in July 1992. He had stabbed him in the neck. He was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 25 years. | |
| McLoughlin had served 22 years of the sentence when he was allowed out on day release. |