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BBC News
19-06-2025
- BBC News
Lee Young: Drug addict jailed for life for killing neighbour
A drug addict who staged a burglary at the flat of the friend he killed has been jailed for body of 62-year-old Shaun Harriman was found strangled in his home in Howitt Street, Heanor, Derbyshire, at about 23:55 BST on 30 September last Young, 38, also of Howitt Street, was at Derby Crown Court on Thursday handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 20 Judge Shaun Smith KC told Young: "What you did has had a shattering effect on all those who knew and loved Mr Harrison." A trial previously heard Young had admitted being a regular user of a variety of drugs, including crack cocaine and outside the room of Mr Harriman had shown the defendant entering the property on the night of his had used a ligature, which could not be identified, to "throttle" Mr Harrison."He didn't stand a chance," said the judge. The court heard following the killing, Young - who had 17 previous convictions for offences including robbery and possession of offensive weapons - bought drugs and later returned to Mr Harriman's property to stage a burglary and distance himself from the of sentencing, Derby Crown Court heard from relatives of Mr mother, Joy, said in a statement that "a mother should never have to live with the nightmare of her son being killed in the way Shaun was" while his eldest sister Julie Barker told the court: "I never had the chance to say goodbye and tell him how much I loved him."Mr Harrison's daughter Rebecca Holmes told the court how she had to arrange his funeral and wake just days before giving birth to the grandaughter that her dad would never Young, she said: "He was my family, my protector, my teacher, and my friend."You didn't just take a life, you imposed a life sentence on me and everyone who loved him."We will live with the pain of what you have done, that pain is our burden now."
BBC News
23-05-2025
- BBC News
Lee Young: Man found guilty of murdering fellow Derbyshire drug user
A drug addict who staged a burglary at the flat of a friend has been found guilty of body of 62-year-old Shaun Harriman was found at a property in Howitt Street, Heanor, Derbyshire, at about 23:55 BST on 30 September last Young, also of Howitt Street, was convicted by a jury at Derby Crown Court on 38-year-old will be sentenced on 19 June. A trial had previously heard Young had admitted being a regular user of a variety of drugs, including crack cocaine and outside the room of Mr Harriman had shown the defendant entering the property on the night of his had told his trial he acted in self-defence after the deceased - who had previously lent him money on a number of occasions - threw a bottle at him and then moved towards him holding a lock said he "panicked" after subduing him and then went out to buy drugs, rather than seek medical court heard he went to a friend's house and later returned to Mr Harriman's property to stage a burglary and distance himself from the crime.
