Three sentenced for millionaire murder

Three builders have been jailed for life with a recommendation that they serve at least 30 years for murdering a multimillionaire.

William John Saunderson-Smith, 58, was beaten to death in a vain attempt to get him to reveal where he kept his cash, the Old Bailey heard.

The victim, known as John, was found in the attic bedroom of a house he was renovating in Dewhurst Road, West Kensington, London, in October.The court heard he was bludgeoned to death by three Polish builders who later fled the country.

One told police they took £2,000 but police found they'd missed £225,000 hidden in the bedroom, and £100,000 at another property in Fulham. Slawomir Bugajewski, 39, and Dawid Rymar, 24, both of Acton, west London, and Ireneusz Mydlarz, 33, of Edgware, north London, were convicted of murder

The court heard that Mr Saunderson-Smith, though reclusive and scruffy in appearance, was a wealthy property developer who owned various addresses in the west London area.