A church warden has denied murdering a university lecturer and conspiring to murder a retired headteacher to inherit their money. Field is on trial alongside Martyn Smith, a 32-year-old magician, who is also accused of murdering Farquhar and planning to kill Moore-Martin. He told the court that his manipulation of Moore-Martin was “very similar” to that of Farquhar and lasted nearly two years. Field told the court he started a relationship with Farquhar to “exploit his vanity and desire for companionship”. In an email he had written to himself, he labelled his relationship with Farquhar as “vulgarly commercial”.

Source: The Guardian June 10, 2019 18:12 UTC