was a long-term lodger at Annette Smith’s home in Fairfield He began caring for her while she recovered from a stroke but also stole her belongings and sold them online for more than £5,000 He was jailed for at least 20 years as part of a life sentence after admitting suffocating Ms Smith with a pillow on 8 November last year and then dismembering her body Paterson posed as Annette by sending Christmas emails and cards to her family and friends After initially hiding her body under the stairs he moved it in a suitcase to a storage facility in neighbouring Letchworth Garden City Paterson cruelly took advantage of Annette’s vulnerabilities which culminated in him not only ending her life but taking abhorrent and deceptive steps to conceal his crimes "This was compounded by his efforts to make a financial gain by selling Annette’s belongings." 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Real Bedford are now six points clear at the top of Southern League Central Division One after a comfortable 6-0 thrashing of Stotfold at the Ledger Stadium on Tuesday night A brace for Joey Evans alongside strikes for Lee Watkins Tom Hitchcock came after Ashley Kersey was sent off for Stotfold thanks to a stamp on Drew Richardson after just 25 minutes This encounter was one of two games in hand for Real Bedford over their title rivals beginning the night three points ahead of the Hertfordshire side after a 0-0 stalemate between the two on Saturday Read: McGregor heroics save point for Real Bedford at Berkhamsted unlike some teams visiting the Ledger Stadium this season They started much the better of the two teams; Haroon Meriai spurning a good chance from ten yards out after just three minutes before McGregor was called into action to deny Patrick Matejko from the resulting corner Real’s first chance came from the counter attack as Setchell raced clear only to be denied by Alfie Bonfield in the Stotfold goal before Ben Stevens wasted a glorious opportunity when through on goal Meriai had a further effort straight at McGregor before the game’s turning point occurred in ugly fashion Ashley Kersey and Drew Richardson jumped for the ball in mid air only for the Stotfold number nine to stamp on Richardson as they descended with the referee quick to flash a deserved red card Stotfold were reduced to sitting on the back foot and Real Bedford – a side who had scored 102 league goals before tonight – spent the remaining 65 minutes picking them off Within 90 seconds of the game-changing moment they were ahead as Eniola Agemoh-Davies’ shot was well kept out by a flying Bonfield only for the rebound to hit Lee Watkins and bounce in the likes of Josh Setchell and Ben Stevens began to look dangerous with the former’s stinging cross asking to be tapped in but there was no amber shirt on the end of it it was two as Archie Jones slotted home into the bottom corner at the second time of asking and it knocked the stuffing out of the ten men of Stotfold The second half saw no let up as Agemoh-Davies was given the freedom of Bedford to find Evans who hit straight at Bonfield before the Stotfold keeper smothered Setchell as Real went in search of a third That goal came just five minutes into the second period as Evans was played in by Richardson with the number nine making no mistake second time around Further golden opportunities for Evans and Setchell came and went before Bonfield – who made a number of excellent saves throughout the game – acrobatically kept out a blistering Jack Snelus effort as Rob Sinclair’s side continued to ruthlessly press The fourth goal came via the right boot of Stevens who lashed home an effort via the crossbar before Evans completed his brace in simple fashion after latching on to an Agemoh-Davies through ball to slot past an exasperated Bonfield Arguably the best goal of the night was saved for last as Hitchcock floated a wonderful away-curling effort first time into the far corner to finish the rout It completed another comfortable outing for Real at home although onlookers were left wondering how the game would have panned out had it not been for Kersey’s moment of madness The night wasn’t all bad for Stotfold FC however as their reserves beat Caldecote 1-0 at The Eyrie next door to win the Bedfordshire FA Senior Trophy The win gives Real Bedford a comfortable six-point buffer at the top and Rob Sinclair’s side could be nine points clear by the time Berkhamsted next play again on 5 April it would be amiss to declare the title race over Real Bedford do not have a straightforward run in with games against Kings Langley – who beat Real in their reverse fixture – Leighton Town who are one of a few sides to keep Real out this season Thame United included in their final six games their next match is against a decent Beaconsfield Town side who were excellent in beating Berkhamsted 3-1 just a couple of weeks ago a lot has to go wrong between now and 26 April for the title to land anywhere else but Bedford and should results at home and elsewhere land correctly they may well be celebrating a league title with their American investors watching on whose multi-million dollar investment into Real Bedford was confirmed in February are due to arrive in Bedford in time for the home fixture against Kings Langley on 12 April Read: Winklevoss twins’ $4.5m “gift to Bedford” finalised How fitting it would be for a club built on the foundations of Bitcoin to secure a third straight league title with perhaps the world’s most famous cryptocurrency brothers watching on Real Bedford are back in action at the Ledger Stadium this Saturday 29 March as they host Beaconsfield Town looking to open up a nine-point gap that may well prove too big a gap for their rivals to close Real Bedford completed a perfect bank holiday weekend with a comfortable 2-0 victory at Stotfold to keep up the early season pace towards the top of Southern League Central Division One Second half goals for Joey Evans – his fourth in two days – and Josh Setchell earnt all three points for Rob Sinclair’s side who temporarily go top of the league ahead of Flackwell Heath’s fixture at Aylesbury United on Tuesday Real didn’t have it all their own way at the JSJ Stadium at least not to the extent they did on Saturday as Stotfold held on resolutely until early into the second half until they conceded a penalty and when Josh Setchell doubled the lead with an excellent strike with ten minutes to go the three points were secured and heading home to Bedford The fact that Stotfold didn’t have a shot on goal until the 85th minute spoke volumes as the Real Bedford defence had a relatively simple afternoon with McGregor in the Pirates’ goal not called upon to make a save Rob Sinclair commended his team for their performances over the bank holiday weekend “With a tough schedule in terms of two games in quick succession we’re delighted to get the six points” the performances were superb so really pleased for the boys.” Due to their opening round FA Cup defeat against St Neots Real Bedford now have a fortnight’s break before returning to action in the first qualifying round of the FA Trophy where they travel to Walthamstow of the Isthmian League North They do not return to league action until 14th September as they travel to Leverstock Green.