Man said he was a Good Samaritan attacked by ex-school friend, but forensics revealed a frenzied murder
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Three separate weapons were used to attack Andrew Hamilton, but his killer claims self-defence.
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Parable of the Good Samaritan
Parable taught by Jesus according to the Gospel of Luke
The parable of the Good Samaritan is told by Jesus in the Gospel of Luke. It is about a traveler (implicitly understood to be Jewish) who is stripped of clothing, beaten, and left half dead alongside the road. A Jewish priest and then a Levite come by, both avoiding the man.
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Man said he was a Good Samaritan attacked by ex-school friend, but forensics revealed a frenzied murder 37 minutes ago Share Save Natalie Grice BBC Wales Share Save When Andrew Hamilton was found dead in his flat, his neighbour and old school friend Christian Williams told police he died in a struggle after Andrew attacked him and he was forced to defend himself. But something didn't add up. "His T-shirt, jeans, trainers were absolutely covered in blood. They were soaked, wet through," said former Det Supt Iestyn Davies. Williams called police on 18 July 2018 and officers found Andrew lying on the hallway floor of his flat in Bagillt, Flintshire, covered in cuts and bruises. When questioned by police, Williams said he had helped Andrew back into his flat as he had been drinking, only to be attacked once inside and Andrew's death had been an accident. But, as the forensic evidence in a new documentary shows, Williams' words were a story concocted to hide the grim truth. This story discusses graphic details of death and violence that some people may find distressing Williams, 44, lived in a ground-floor flat, and Andrew, 42, was his upstairs neighbour - they were old schoolmates with no history of tension. Margaret Owen, Andrew's mum, was woken at 01:30 by a knock on her bedroom window. "Two policemen were there. I knew it was Andrew. You hope against hope they're going to tell me he's in hospital." Margaret had to go to her daughter Nicola's home and tell her Andrew was dead, but it wasn't until the afternoon that they learned someone had been arrested for his murder. She told the BBC One Wales series: The Truth About My Murder : "It was like another stab. Who would do that? Who would do it in Bagillt? It's a village." Jez Hemming reported on Andrew's murder for the Daily Post newspaper in north Wales. "I remember one conversation I had with a contact within the police who basically said 'it's horrific. You actually wouldn't believe the detail of it when you see it'....
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