Man jailed for life for killing of woman whose home he was renovating in Dudley
A man who murdered a woman in her Dudley home while carrying out building work has been jailed for life.
Peter Norgrove, from Sedgley, was sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Wednesday afternoon for killing Sharon Gordon in July last year and will serve at least 15 years before being eligible for parole.
Self-employed Norgrove was a recently qualified bricklayer whose services had been recommended to Mrs Gordon by a friend at the church they both attended.
The 40-year-old agreed to undertake extension work at Mrs Gordon’s property two years ago but the work was proving problematic and was taking many months to complete.
On Friday, July 21 last year, having not heard back following attempts to contact her, concerned friends called at Mrs Gordon’s home in Bromford Road and found her at the foot of the stairs with severe head injuries. Sadly, Mrs Gordon had died the day before.
An investigation was launched into Mrs Gordon’s death, during which it was quickly established that Norgrove had been carrying out work at the property on the day she died.
