A homeless man who killed a Northamptonshire holidaymaker jailed for 31 years
59 year old Charlie McGhee Adair was killed in Skegness last July
33-year-old Anthony David Robertson of no fixed address has been jailed for 31 years for the murder .
Robertson was found guilty last week at Lincoln Crown Court of the murder of 59-year-old Charles McGhee Adair.
Charles was visiting the seaside town for a music festival from Northamptonshire.
The jury also found Robertson guilty of robbery. He had previously pleaded guilty to fraud.
The court heard that Charles met Robertson on a street and the pair spent the night drinking and buying drugs funded by Mr McGee Adair before Robertson later beat him to death. Robertson had also stolen his bankcard, wallet and mobile phone.
Police received a report a body had been found on scrubland on Richmond Drive near Tesco back in July 2023.
Charles was found with serious head injuries including ‘extensive’ fractures and deep lacerations.
The judge said this was a ‘ferocious attack’ as he gave the sentence of 31 years.
There was little expression on Anthony David Robertson’s face when his sentence was read to him.