Overview
- Jason Trundle received a life sentence with a 19-year minimum term, reduced by 204 days served on remand.
- A Worcester Crown Court jury found him guilty of murdering 64-year-old Leon Pratt by a 10–2 majority.
- Expert evidence showed neck and rib fractures that required significant force, with strangulation likely.
- Paramedics found Pratt in advanced decomposition at his Telford home after neighbours raised concerns.
- Trundle admitted fraud and preventing a lawful burial after using Pratt’s bank card, drawing concurrent terms of 30 and nine months.