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Prestatyn Teen Pleads Guilty to Murdering His Mother at Mold Crown Court

Sentencing on March 25 will set the minimum term of the mandatory life sentence.

Overview

  • Tristan Thomas Roberts, 18, admitted murdering Angela Jane Shellis, 45, in a brief hearing at Mold Crown Court.
  • A passer-by found Ms Shellis on October 24 beside a footpath near Prestatyn's Morfa nature reserve.
  • A Home Office pathologist provisionally recorded blunt force head trauma as the cause of death at the inquest.
  • North Wales Police said Roberts was quickly identified, arrested at his home on Coniston Drive, and charged days later.
  • Court reporting cites CCTV and Ring doorbell footage and notes a psychiatric report discussed before the guilty plea.