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Murderering 'PRIEST' Made to Sell Flat to Pay £124k to Victims' Families
The Sixth Commandment: What Happened to Ben Field, The Killer at The Centre of The BBC One Drama?
BBCs’ true-crime drama,The Sixth Commandment, tells the chilling true story of how a young student priest called Ben Field gaslit and abused two neighbours, and murdered one. BBC NEWS 18 JUL 2023 https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIF.A...=Api&P=0&h=220 The Sixth Commandment is inspired by a true crime stranger than fiction The Sixth Commandment The show, which is available in full on BBC iPlayer now, stars Timothy Spall as Peter Farquhar, a teacher and academic who in the early 2010s was duped into thinking Field (played by Éanna Hardwicke) was in love with him. Field moved in with Farquhar, who had been suppressing his sexuality for years, and the pair became “betrothed”, with Field convincing Farquhar to make him the sole beneficiary of his will. Unbeknownst to Farquhar, Field began drugging him with hallucinogens. Later, in court, Oliver Saxby QC, the lead prosecutor, told a jury that Farquhar had “became a dribbling shambles of his former self” because of the drugs. Field eventually killed 69-year-old Farquhar in 2015, making it look like he had drunk himself to death. After Farquhar died, Field targeted his neighbour, retired headteacher Ann Moore-Martin (Anne Reid), who he also tricked into a relationship. He wrote messages on her mirror, which he told her were from God, telling her to leave everything to Field. Moore-Martin’s niece became suspicious about the new man in her aunt’s life, and it was her decision to alert the police, a move that eventually led to Field being caught for Farquhar’s murder. Moore-Martin later died of natural causes in 2017, aged 83, but Field admitted to defrauding her in her final years. So What Happened to Field? https://images.bauerhosting.com/mark...o=format&w=440 https://www.denofgeek.com/wp-content...size=768%2C432 Former church warden Field was arrested in 2018, and charged with murder, fraud, conspiracy to murder, and attempted murder. At Oxford Crown Court in 2019, showing no remorse, the 28-year-old admitted to entering into fake relationships with both Farquhar and Moore-Martin in order to defraud them, but denied killing or planning to kill them. https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cp...y_approved.jpg The trial heard Ann Moore-Martin had told her family she loved Benjamin Field https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIF.v...=0&w=300&h=300 The REAL 'Field' and Farquhar https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/58...555372a7e9102a Timothy Spall in ‘The Sixth Commandment’ https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/06...6743433787.jpg Hardwicke and Reid as Field and Moore-Martin in ‘The Sixth Commandment After a three-month trial in which the jury were shown how Field documented his abuse in poetry, journals and videos, Field was ultimately found guilty of murdering Farquhar, cleared of a charge of conspiracy to murder and also acquitted of attempted murder relating to Moore-Martin. https://s.yimg.com/fz/api/res/1.2/Cc...7a0a0bbf4d307f He was given a life sentence of 36 years, and he has lost appeals against the conviction on two occasions. At the trial, two psychiatrists said Field was either suffering from a narcissistic personality disorder or a psychopathic personality disorder. Sentencing Field, Mr Justice Sweeney said that he “lived by deception and deceit and had been a well-practised and able liar”. He added: “You have very little understanding of your own inner world, leading to your need to deceive and destroy others. You also kept notes and journals about what you were planning and what you had done, and you did so for the pleasure that gave you.” |
Re: Murderering 'PRIEST' Made to Sell Flat to Pay £124k to Victims' Families
Maids Moreton 'PRIEST' Murderer Made to Sell Flat to Pay £124k to Victims' Families
A 'PRIEST' murderer who duped two elderly people into changing their wills has paid more than £124,000 to their families after selling his flat, police said. BBC 22 AUG 2023 https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cp...ley_police.jpg Peter Farquhar was tricked into changing his will by 'PRIEST' Benjamin Field Ben Field manipulated Peter Farquhar, 69, and Ann Moore-Martin, 83, both from Buckinghamshire. He was jailed in 2019 for the 2015 murder of Mr Farquhar and for defrauding Ms Moore-Martin. A flat bought with money that was obtained by deception was sold to settle a court confiscation order. Field was 28 when he was jailed for life in 2019 for the murder of Mr Farquhar in the village of Maids Moreton in October 2015. He was found not guilty of plotting to kill Mr Farquhar's neighbour Ann Moore-Martin but admitted defrauding her. The case has recently been dramatised by BBC TV as The Sixth Commandment, starring Timothy Spall and Anne Reid. https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cp...eldmugshot.jpg Benjamin Field was jailed for life with a minimum term of 36 years for Mr Farquhar's murder The Oxford Crown Court trial heard Field admitted duping the pair and drugging Mr Farquhar to "torment" him but denied involvement in either of their deaths. A jury heard Field suffocated Mr Farquhar and created the impression he had drunk himself to death, a view the coroner agreed with. Field then took advantage of Ms Moore-Martins' loneliness and they developed a sexual relationship. She changed her will and also gave him more than £30,000, which he said he needed for a new car and a dialysis machine for his younger brother who he said had a kidney condition. In February 2017, Ms Moore-Martin became ill and suffered a seizure. While in hospital, she confided in her niece about her relationship with Field. Police started an investigation and established the link between the three people. Mr Farquar's body was exhumed and, after a second post-mortem examination, Field was arrested. https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cp...b1ce119e28.jpg Field admitted defrauding both Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Martin by pretending to be in meaningful relationships with them Ms Moore-Martin reversed her will to benefit her family before she died of natural causes in a care home in May 2017. Mr Farquhar had changed his will, naming Field as the main beneficiary and giving him a life interest in his house as well as half share in the property with Mr Farquhar's brother Ian. When the property was sold, Field used his share to buy a flat in Towcester, Northamptonshire, which has now been sold with proceeds going to the victims' families. https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cp...2061cb2169.jpg Peter Farquhar lived at the house circled on the left, and Ann Moore-Martin on the right A proceeds of crime hearing at Oxford Crown Court in June 2020 was told Field had received £193,921.32 from his two victims, but only £146,561.02 was available. He was ordered to pay £123,111.26 to Mr Farquhar's family and £23,449.76 to the family of Ms Moore-Martin or face a 16-month extension to his 36-year minimum jail sentence. 'Cruel Actions' The court later granted an extension of the time to pay to December 2020 when the "available figure" of money was "varied by consent". https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cp...rror_pic_4.jpg Ben Field left messages on one of his elderly victims' mirrors and persuaded her they were from God Thames Valley Police said that the original order of £146,561.02 had been "varied down" due to the sale price, fees and money spent on repairs ahead of the market sale. "The flat was sold and this money used to compensate the victims," a spokesman said. The force confirmed that the confiscation order of £124,665.03 had now been paid in full and that "monies have been distributed as part of the agreed order to the victims in this case". Kathryn Curtis, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said Field could "no longer profit from his cruel actions". |
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