THIS is the chilling moment a bricklayer tidied up seconds before bludgeoning a customer to death in a row over an extension.
Video shows Peter Norgrove, 43, at 58-year-old Sharon Gordon’s home in Dudley, West Mids before he hit her eight times to the head with a hammer.
SWNSPeter Norgrove puts on gloves at Sharon Gordon’s home after tiding up[/caption]
Sharon Gordon was bludgeoned to death at her home
He had been carrying out building work at her home on Thursday July 20, 2022.
CCTV shows Norgrove tidying away building items in Mrs Gordon’s back garden – he is then seen placing a bucket – containing the hammer on the patio.
The clip then shows Norgrove putting on a pair of red gloves before heading inside the home.
20 minutes later, Norgrove appears on camera again – and is seen casually walking back to his car with blood on his trousers.
Police later discovered blood-stained items in a wheelie bin and the murder weapon stashed in a shed.
Norgove admitted murder at Wolverhampton Crown Court and was jailed for life today to serve a minimum of 15 years.
The Court heard the killer had met Sharon through mutual friends at the church they both attended.
He had been carrying out building work on an extension at her home in Dudley, West Midlands, but there were problems.
In a victim impact statement, Sharon’s daughter said Norgrove had acted like a “wolf in sheep’s clothing”.
Rhian Brown also said the killer repeatedly lied to her about the work he was doing and stretched it over 15 months instead of 15 weeks.
She added: “He took full payment for the extension in advance, which we believe to be more than £30,000.
“He drove my Mom mad with stress and anxiety – she noted everything down.
“She had notebooks, receipts, everything, because of how bad this man’s workmanship was.”
On July 21, concerned friends went to Sharon’s house when she failed to turn up to work and found her dead by the stairs.
She was found with severe head injuries, which had been inflicted the previous day.
Norgrove at first claimed he had left the property the previous day but his lies were exposed when officers discovered the hammer.
Detective Inspector Damian Forrest, of West Midlands Police, said: “This appears to have been a disagreement over work carried out at the victim’s property which has escalated into violence.
“I am pleased the defendant has pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity and spared Mrs. Gordon’s family the ordeal of a trial.”
SWNSNorgrove exits Sharon Gordon’s home 19 minutes after entering it, clutching a bag[/caption]
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