Chris Derrick

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"Manipulative and evil" Ben Field on the left of the Messages to one of his elderly victim's mirror and they talked, they were of God

Ben box, sat in the back of a police Van after his arrest, he said: "I think that I will be away with the most. "He seduced two lonely neighbors to murder had one, and it was to The Other - But now faces life in prison.

On The Surface , the 28-year-old Field was a charming, loving and religious young man gave sermons in his father's Baptist church. But the former churchwarden had a sinister project: getting to know the vulnerable people and change their wills.

Mark Glover, who led the Thames Valley police in his crime, summed Him up: "Ben Field is all about Ben's Field and no one else. "

Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Martin were both lonely and vulnerable Field , of Olney, Bucks, was. He described The Police as "cold, calculated, manipulative, controlling, evil man."

The court was told that he targeted two lonely neighbors who lived a few doors from each other in The Village of Maids Moreton, Buckinghamshire.

Peter Farquhar , 69, was a guest lecturer at the University of Buckingham, where the Field had studied English Literature . Ann Moore-Martin, 83, was a retired headmaster. Both victims were deeply religious, single and had No Children .

Mr Farquhar had a wide circle of friends and acquaintances and was well-travelled, But he was also lonely. A gay man, he had problems with his sexuality, considers it incompatible with his Anglican faith.

Miss Moore-Martin was a Catholic and went to Church regularly. You had as your neighbors, friends, in abundance, But was fiercely private. She was very close to her niece, so much so, they consider each other as mother and daughter.

Field seduced his two victims and they were infatuated with Him . Mr Farquhar thought that he had found someone To Love and grow old, while Miss Moore-Martin-sister-in-law said, she seemed mesmerized by Him as a "loving teenagers".

The defendant an offer of marriage to You both, and even held an engagement with Mr. Farquhar in March 2014.

Mr Farquhar and the box held an engagement in 2014, While Mr Farquhar wrote in his diary, "it is one of the happiest moments in My Life . Gone are the fears of dying alone", the court was told, Field motive was purely financial gain and to see that he also other people.

If he had to die to inherit Mr. Farquhar's house, his victims. And if he look had to go with Him , his Death , like an accident or suicide.

the Field of drugs, Mr Farquhar, secretly spiking his food and drink by feeding Him a cocktail of sedatives and hallucinogens bought from The Internet . They were secretly administered in various ways - on his toast in his tea, and divided into chocolate. A video, found in Field 's possession, shows the scientific search exhausted and struggling to form a sentence.

Before his Death , Mr Farquhar friends told that he suffered night terrors, hallucinations, and bouts of sleepwalking. Some of his friends thought he had been drunk and confused and seemed. He told friends he thought he lost his mind and compared himself to Shakespeare ' s King Lear .

Field designed to explain a narrative, Mr. Farquhar behavior. He told friends that he was sick, or that he was drinking More Than usual. The Prosecution said the Field was treated, as someone who shoulders The Burden of looking after Him .

In the yard, Field -added drugs, Mr Farquhar, told jurors he did it because his partner often awake in The Middle of the night and active in the house that would disturb his own Sleep .

Mr Farquhar would often fall over, after he was drugged by was the Field For months, Mr. Farquhar tormented by his "mysterious illness". He saw A Number of doctors, including a neurologist and had various medical tests. But Field rang NHS 111 and 999 and lied to the health of workers, says the retired lecturer was a "frequent faller", probably had dementia.

The court heard the Field "gaslighted" to manipulate both his victims, they ended up mentally so You doubt your memory and reason.

Field moved things around the house, so Mr Farquhar would get irritated and confused when he could not find them - Only for the area, to arrive and find The Missing item immediately.

The Jury was told how The Public Field , Mr. Farquhar humiliated at a book launch in the Stowe School, by slipping Him a hallucinogenic drug. He had pulled back to focus as The Public school the head of English in 2004, on the writing of novels and a book presentation attracted a large number of friends. Those who took part, told a similar story of a frail, confused and apologetic man who dropped together at a table, visibly fighting to have books to sign, which was thought at one point he is attacked by the broken light.

In October 2015, Mr. Farquhar died. It was discovered in his living room by his cleaner with a half-empty bottle of whiskey next to Him .

His friends thought that he was too drunk himself to Death - as well as the investigating judge, the certified cause of Death as acute alcohol poisoning. But , during the process, the Prosecutor's office, said the Field had choked Him when he was too weak to resist.

Before his Death , Mr Farquhar had changed, what Field , A Life interest in his house. If the house was sold, he split the proceeds with Mr. Farquhar ' s Brother .

Mr Farquhar lived a few doors away from Miss Moore-Martin Field had been introduced to Miss Moore-Martin of Mr. Farquhar, and the defendant followed her in the same way, taking advantage of your loneliness and is working His Way into your affections.

Despite the 57-year-old gap, they developed a sexual relationship. Unbeknown to her, he took a photo of her performing a sex act on Him . In his testimony, he said he thought it could be used to blackmail than anything, with her, when he needed it.

He gave her A Number of items, so they would be closer to Him . This included a framed picture of Him with The Words , "I Am always with You ", written in capital letters, under his picture You in front of your dressing table.

He gave her a hand, the counter and told her to click on it every time she thought of Him . In a note, She Said she was worried, she had not seen Him for several days, and wrote: "My hand tally counter is great!"

In another note, click The Words "RA x!" appeared next to hand-drawn flower and The Words "I love You ".

Miss Moore-Martin wrote to Field a letter, If the Field wanted money, he lied to You in need of a new car, and Miss Moore-Martin gave Him £4,400. He told her that his Younger Brother , Tom Field , was seriously ill, suffering from a kidney disease and needed dialysis machine. It was another lie, But she was taken and handed over £27,000.

In a recording of a call played in court, the Field was heard, ringing your bank, then pass The Phone so could You speak to The Operator about the release of money from bonds.

The Bank said: "I think to withdraw all The Money held in my account... I have a very Dear Friend , of the Brother of a Dear Friend . He is very sick, he got the kidney trouble, and will likely die if he does not have his own dialysis machine, and I've been thinking about how I can help Him . "

she ended The Call with The Words : "In life You must not be selfish and all for themselves. "

Field of fraud expanded, the writing of Messages on his deep religious victim of the mirror, in The Hope that they would believe they were Messages from God.

In his sketch books, which he planned, the Messages would look like the font, what would say is the Messages , and what reasons could there be for You to appear. Some of the Messages that told her to leave her home Field .

It works, and You changed your will.

In February 2017, Miss Moore-Martin was sick and suffered a seizure. It was stay with her in The Hospital , she confided to her niece about her relationship with the box and the writing on the mirror. The Police were involved and an investigation started.

Miss Moore-Martin, conversely, her will and changed it, for the benefit of the family, and in may 2017, she died of Natural Causes in a nursing home.

Blake, her niece, Anne-Marie, explained to the court, to realize that, before she died, her aunt had began, she had hoodwinked and could not believe it, she was so stupid to fall for Field .

"she was tortured and found to get it is very hard to your head around the betrayal," She Said .

box to the left of Messages "of God," for Miss Moore-Martin as part of his campaign to make Him the beneficiary of his wife Blake said, as they met-the Field to the house of her aunt after her admission to The Hospital , she thought his behavior was "weird". You called Him and asked if he had the things, the will of your aunt's home, accepting money from her and tried to change You . He said he had. She also asked Him whether he was in love with her aunt, to said the he "Yes."

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Source of news: bbc.com