Convicted killer Tony Martin, who shot dead a teenage intruder in his home in 1999, has died at the age of 80. The killing of 16-year-old Fred Barras at Martin's Norfolk farmhouse was hugely controversial at the time,

A farmer who shot dead a teenage intruder and was found guilty of murder “never recovered” from the impact of the killing, a close friend has said.

Farmer Tony Martin, who shot dead a burglar in 1999, has died aged 80, his friend has said. Martin was initially convicted of murdering 16-year-old Fred Barras but this was reduced to manslaughter on appeal.

Who was the eccentric farmer convicted of killing burglar at his home - Tony Martin was jailed after shooting dead Fred Barras, 16, at his Bleak House farm in 1999

Tony Martin, who has died aged 80, was sentenced to life in prison in 2000 for the murder of a teenage criminal he caught burgling his house; the case became a cause célèbre, touching a raw nerve among Britain’s homeowners and revealing a huge gulf between public opinion and the priorities of Britain’s criminal justice system.

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THE convicted killer of a teenage intruder in his home has died at the age of 80, a family friend has said. Tony Martin shot a 16-year-old at his Norfolk farmhouse in 1999. The following year,

On August 20, 1999, Mr Martin fired his shotgun three times from the stairs, killing 16-year-old burglar Fred Barras, and injuring his accomplice Brendon Fearon, then 29, as they broke into his Norfolk farmhouse.

Tony Martin was jailed in 2000 for the boy's murder but was released three years later after the conviction was reduced to manslaughter

Martin served three years for the killing which sparked a national controversy over whether the shooting was premeditated

Tony Martin, who shot dead a teenage intruder in his home in 1999, has died at the age of 80, a family friend has said.