Man pleads guilty to murdering woman in Dudley
Peter Norgrove is due to be sentenced in January
A builder has pleaded guilty to murdering a 58-year-old client at her home in Dudley earlier this year.
Peter Norgrove, from Sedgley, appeared at Wolverhampton Crown Court today (4 December) where he admitting killing Sharon Gordon in July.
Norgrove was a recently qualified bricklayer who had met Mrs Gordon through mutual friends at the same church they both attended. The 43-year-old had undertaken extension work to Mrs Gordon’s property which had taken many months and encountered several problems along the way.
On the afternoon of Friday 21 July concerned friends called at Mrs Gordon’s home in Bromford Road and found her at the foot of the stairs with severe head injuries. Sadly Mrs Gordon had died the day before.
During the course of the investigation into Mrs Gordon’s death, Norgrove was interviewed and said he had left the property the previous day, however blood-stained items were found in a wheelie bin at a family address related to Norgrove and further searches revealed a hammer secreted in a shed.
Detective Inspector Damian Forrest, who led the investigation, 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.”
Norgrove will be sentenced on 26 January 2024.