Killer tells jury he is 'repulsed by his actions' after battering Wolverhampton pensioner to death during botched burglary
The killer of a pensioner has told a jury he is "repulsed" at what he did but continues to deny murder.
Paul Topham, 45, gave evidence in his defence at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Friday.
The jury heard Topham first got hooked on hard drugs aged 14 and was first imprisoned aged 16, and several spells inside followed. However, he maintained he always pleaded guilty to his crimes.
Asked why he pleaded guilty to unlawfully killing 94-year-old Harold Monk during a botched burglary, he said: "Because of the devastation I have caused his family. I feel repulsed at my actions, for what I did."
However, Topham, originally from Wolverhampton, but who was living in a HMO in Palmerston Road, Birmingham, at the time of the killing last October, continued to deny murder.
The court heard Topham had to walk past Mr Monk's flat every time he visited his mother's home in Inglewood Court, Bradmore.
