14yr old boy hammered mum to death...sets home on fire to cover the murder

        Daniel Bartlam                                                            Jacqueline Bartlam

Daniel Bartlam was just 14 when he hit mother Jacqueline, 47, seven times with a claw hammer at their detached cul-de-sac home in Redhill, Nottingham.

He then padded her body with paper, doused it in petrol and set fire to it in a bid to destroy evidence and commit the ‘perfect murder’.

Mrs Bartlam body was so burnt she was only identified by autopsy doctors using dental records.
A court heard the teenager rescued his younger brother and the family pet before fleeing from the burning house, telling police that Mrs Bartlam, a Land Registry worker, had been killed by an intruder.
He was was charged with the murder after police discovered video footage on his computer of Coronation Street’s killer character, John Stape.

Nottingham Crown Court heard Bartlam was ‘obsessed’ with a Cornation street character – who battered a woman with a hammer before leaving her body in the wreckage of a tram crash to cover up his crime – and stored files relating to the plot on his computer.

When police examined the rest of the hard drive they discovered he had searched for web pages about ‘people who get away with murder in shows’.
He posted violent scenes from television The hammer used for the killing
 
soap East Enders on YouTube and had a fixation with crime drama Trial

He also penned a soap opera-style plot in which he fantasized about a character called Daniel Bartlam killing ‘Jackie’, his mother.

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Now this is why parents should place parental control over their tvs so as to ensure that their wards watch appropriate films, therefore protecting the society and their wards from danger