SOUTHAMPTON MAN JAILED FOR 25 YEARS FOR BRUTAL MURDER OF GREAT-GRANDMOTHER
A 25-year-old man from Chessel Crescent, Southampton, named Jamie Boult, was found guilty of the murder of Delia Hughes, an elderly woman aged 85, who resided alone in her flat in Ocean Village, Southampton.
Boult admitted to killing Mrs Hughes but argued that his responsibility should be diminished due to a personality disorder characterized by severe depression, mood swings, and violent outbursts.
The trial at Winchester Crown Court established that Boult entered Hughes’s flat through open patio doors, lurked in her bedroom, and repeatedly struck her at least eight times with a heavy lump hammer he had brought with him.
He also stole her jewelry.
The judge sentenced him to serve at least 25 years, with the possibility of never being released.
During sentencing, Justice Bean described the case as 'shocking' and stressed the attacking’s brutality and the grief felt by Mrs Hughes’s family.
It emerged that Boult had also attempted a burglary at a nearby flat four days earlier, armed with an axe, and was arrested after damaging a police vehicle’s window and self-harming while in custody at the police station.
This is a probabilistic continent or country-group signal from public name datasets. It is not proof of nationality, ethnicity or personal background.
Likely region signal
UK
Country
from United Kingdom
- based on first and surname
60.6%
confidence
First-name region
UK
United Kingdom
48.5%
Surname region
UK
United Kingdom
72.6%
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
struck her at least eight times with a heavy lump hammer he had brought with him. He also stole her jewelry. The judge sentenced him to serve at least 25 years, with the possibility of never being released. During sentencing, Justice Bea...
