Couple 'spent £1k on dead man's card'
A couple went on a £1,000 shopping spree with a wealthy businessman's bank cards just hours after murdering him in a robbery at his flat, a court heard.
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Emma Bate and Paramjit Singh splashed out £980 on two Apple Touch iPods and one Apple iPhone after stealing the bank cards of victim Richard Sherratt's, the Stafford Crown Court jury was told.
At the same time, Mr Sherratt's former partner Julie Sykes discovered his body on the bed of his flat in Old School Mews, in Bridgnorth, prosecutor Mr Peter Grieves-Smith said.
Bate, aged 26, of Gladstone Street, Birmingham denies murdering the 57-year-old, but has admitted robbery. Her boyfriend Singh, 32, of Willmore Road, Birmingham, has admitted murder and robbery.
