Brambridge

Matthew Hamlen, 37, is on trial for the second time over the murder of Mrs Edmonds, 77, in Brambridge, near Eastleigh. Defence witnesses yesterday testified to the electrician's honesty and sense of humour at Winchester Crown Court. Former colleague ...

THE man accused of murdering Hampshire grandmother Georgina Edmonds has been described as a “great guy” and hard worker. Matthew Hamlen, 37, is on trial for the second time over the murder of Mrs Edmonds, 77, in Brambridge, near Eastleigh.

Hamlen, 37,is accused of battering Mrs Edmonds, 77, to death at her riverside cottage at Brambridge near Eastleigh in January 2008. This morning at Winchester Crown Court Hamlen started to give evidence before the nine-man and three-woman jury.

Hamlen, 37,is accused of battering Mrs Edmonds, 77, to death at her riverside cottage at Brambridge near Eastleigh in January 2008. This morning at Winchester Crown Court Hamlen started to give evidence before the nine-man and three-woman jury.

The evidence against a man accused of beating a pensioner to death with a marble rolling pin is "pretty shaky", his defence has told a court. Georgina Edmonds, 77, was found dead after being tortured at her home in Brambridge, Eastleigh, in 2008 ...

DNA found on a marble rolling pin allegedly used to beat a pensioner to death matches that of the man on trial for her murder, a jury has been told. Georgina Edmonds, 77, was found at her home in Brambridge, Eastleigh, in 2008. Matthew Hamlen, 36, from ...