Bodybuilder, 31, with 'roid rage' who strangled grandmother to death in her home in random attack and then hid half-naked in bushes outside a school is jailed for nine years
- Chase Kelly, 31, throttled Mildred Whitmore, 84, to death on June 1 last year
- Kelly had downed half a bottle of vodka and amphetamines before the attack
- He admitted manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility last month
- Warwick Crown Court heard he carried out random killing in psychotic episode
A 'roid rage' bodybuilder who strangled a great grandmother to death in her own home after downing a bottle of vodka and amphetamines has been jailed for more than nine years.
Chase Kelly, 31, brutally throttled 84-year-old Mildred Whitmore in a random attack in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, at around 9am on June 1 last year, after 'suffering a psychotic episode.'
He was found around an hour later half-naked hiding in the bushes outside a school, before medics discovered he had taken ten times the recommended dose of his prescribed amphetamine, used to treat his PTSD.
It later emerged he had also been taking steroids orally and injecting them, and had earlier been to the nearby George Eliot Hospital after suffering from high blood pressure, but had discharged himself.
Kelly, of Arley, Warwickshire, admitted manslaughter on the ground of diminished responsibility at Warwick Crown Court in June.
He was jailed on Tuesday for a minimum of nine years and nine months. Mail.
Blogger: 'Roid rage' is a self-inflicted condition in the same way as crimes caused by alcohol abuse and drug abuse. These should not attract lesser sentences. Manslaughter penalties vary from no time served to life imprisonment.
He will undoubtedly be out in five years.
