Stephen Alderton has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murders of Gary and Josh Dunmore, a father and son who died from gunshot wounds at separate properties in two Cambridgeshire villages in March of this year. The killings occurred just two days after a family court hearing. Alderton, who pleaded guilty to the murders, has been given a minimum sentence of 25 years. The judge condemned Alderton’s actions as taking the law into his own hands and described the killings as an “execution”.
The former partner of Alderton’s daughter, Josh Dunmore was found dead at his home in Bluntisham, while six miles away his father was found dead at his home in Sutton. Alderton took the lives of the two men over his “distorted beliefs” about family court proceedings, which came following an interim and not final hearing on 27 March, said Judge Mark Bishop. The court heard Alderton had a shotgun licence and lawfully held a Beretta shotgun that was used in both killings.
Earlier in the year, A
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