Cowboy builder who beat lady to demise with hammer had jail job for 16 years

A cowboy builder who murdered a grandmother with a hammer was a jail officer for 16 years, it has been revealed.

Peter Norgrove, 42, brutalised and killed Sharon Gordon, 58, after the pair had a dispute a few job he was finishing up on her dwelling in Dudley, West Midlands. Following the assault, Norgrove was filmed calmly packing up his instruments whereas whistling and leaving the scene with blood on his proper calf.

He was jailed for all times on Wednesday (January 31). He will serve a minimum of 15 years earlier than he turns into eligible for parole.

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Before beginning a profession in environmental well being, Norgrove labored on the notorious HMP Birmingham from 2002 to 2018 the place his colleagues claimed he had a “temper” and “control issues”. He was additionally criticised for his poor attendance, MailOnline experiences.

One supply advised the publication: “He had a fame and would trigger issues amongst different workers. He moaned rather a lot and had an actual mood.

“He was disagreeable. What has come out since, and the homicide is horrific. It’s really stunning. There have been disciplinary issues however nothing to do with violence.”

The Ministry of Justice declined to comment.

Norgrove, of Sedgley, acted like a “wolf in sheep’s clothes” to gain Gordon’s trust after they met at church and was given a six-to-eight week job building the victim’s ground-floor extension. He offered to do the job for £29,000 – a £3000 discount on the starting price – on the agreement he could use the project to advertise his services.

But as a substitute of the 2 months he had promised, the work took 15 months. Wolverhampton Crown Court heard Norgrove repeatedly lied concerning the work he was doing.

Gordon finally put in a video doorbell in a bid to catch Norgrove mendacity about his actions earlier than confronting him. The courtroom heard Norgrove then flew right into a rage and struck the girl eight occasions with a lump hammer.

She was discovered useless by two of her buddies a day later. Norgrove initially denied any involvement in Gordon’s homicide when questioned by police.

However the lump hammer was later present in his mother-in-law’s shed and pictures captured by the doorbell contained 18 seconds of screaming because the homicide came about. Just 20 minutes after this he might be seen rising from the home and leaving earlier than accumulating his daughter from college.

Judge Michael Chambers KC advised Norgrove: “You were angry because she had continued to criticise you for your chronic delays and workmanship.” Meanwhile he mentioned the matter of the overdue extension was not for the courtroom to debate. “They do not provide you with any excuse, justification or mitigation for what you did,” Chambers added.

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