A case involving a man accused of the murder of his landlady has been adjourned until next week due to the defendant's ill health.
Allan Scott, 42, is on trial for the murder of Patricia Holland who had allowed him to lodge with her at her home on Lowestoft Road, Gorleston.
Norwich Crown Court has been told he burnt her body in a fire that included a piano from her home in an attempt to fake the 83-year-old’s disappearance so he could continue living there.
On Monday (March 6) jurors in the case were told Scott was "not well" and the case was adjourned until Monday next week by Judge Alice Robinson.
Giving evidence on Friday, Dr Gaille McKinnon, a world renowned forensic anthropologist and archaeologist, said 27 bone fragments were found after excavations of the “fire pit.
She said Mrs Holland had eventually been identified from DNA analysis of a single bone fragment.
Scott, of no fixed address, but formerly of Lowestoft Road, Gorleston, denies murder.
The trial continues.
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