Family of 86-year-old beaten to death outraged by killer’s six-year sentence

David Parish, 38, was said to be actively psychotic' when he attacked Beryl Purdy at her home in Somerset

The family of an 86-year-old beaten to death in a Somerset village have said her killer has escaped a life sentence" after he was sentenced to six years in prison.

David Parish, 38, had been taken to Wellsprings hospital near Taunton but left and made his way to the tiny village of Broomfield, where he killed Beryl Bez" Purdy in her home after trapping her husband, Peter, in the kitchen, Bristol crown court heard.