Man guilty of pawnbroker murder
Monday 23rd November 2009, 2:45PM GMT.
A second man was today found guilty of the murder of Shropshire pawnbroker George Black.
Gareth Powell, 29, of The Grove, Shobdon, Leominster, was found guilty of murdering Mr Black by a jury at Worcester Crown Court.
Mr Black was dowsed in petrol and kerosene before being set alight at his home at The Square in Bucknell, near Craven Arms, on December 8 last year.
The jury today also found Mr Black’s girlfriend Sylvia Marie Smith, 22, of Cherry Brook Close, Hope-under Dinmore, Leominster, guilty of conspiracy to murder.
Robert Field, 22, of Etnam Street, Leominster, was found guilty on Friday of murdering Mr Black.
Sentence was adjourned until tomorrow.
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