The dilapidated farmhouse where convicted killer Tony Martin shot dead a teenage intruder is finally being cleared, exactly one year after his death. Exclusive images show scrap metal, discarded filing cabinets and rusting farm machinery piled outside the notorious Bleak House property in Emneth Hungate, Norfolk.
Solicitors are working to finalise Martin's last will and probate, with part of his estate likely to be passed to a family member. Martin inherited the 'freehold orchard' from his mother Hilary, who died in 2011, and her dying wish was that it be given to her granddaughter in the event of Martin's death.
Martin died from the effects of a stroke last year, aged 80, more than 25 years after he shot two intruders with a pump-action shotgun in 1999. Fred Barras, 16, was killed, while accomplice Brendan Fearon, then 29, survived. Martin initially jailed for murder, was freed three years later after the conviction was reduced to manslaughter.
The estate, said to be worth up to £5 million, includes 350 acres of land around Bleak House, property in Australia and a fleet of cars. Martin's 1975 Range Rover was vandalised and stripped for parts but has now been sold. After Martin's death, Fearon said he bore no malice, telling the Mirror: 'I have no anger. He did what he had to do to protect himself and his home.'
