Two brothers convicted of murder after two pensioners were killed in their homes in separate robberies

Two brothers have been found guilty of murdering an 87-year old man, and one of the pair also killed an elderly woman during separate brutal robberies three years apart

Arthur Gumbley, 87, passed away three weeks after being callously beaten by Amos Wilsher, 29, and his brother Jason, 22, who stormed his property in the West Midlands in November 2017.

Amos Wilsher then acted alone when he viciously attacked Josephine Kaye, 88, at her home in Stoke-on-Trent, in February 2020.

OAP was found in a pool of blood

During the attack on Mr Gumbley, known as Bob, the brothers burst into the retired company director’s £700,000 bungalow in Little Aston, and repeatedly punched and kicked him as he lay helplessly on the ground.

He was also dragged across the floor suffering carpet burns to his back and had a watch forcibly pulled from his wrist, skinning the flesh from his hand.

The OAP was found in a pool of blood and rushed to hospital where he was treated for severe bruising to his left eye, neck, chest, hands and right arm.

Mr Gumbley passed away from his injuries three weeks later on 12 December, 2017.

Three years later Amos Wilsher posed as a gas firm worker to remove a padlock from a gate before killing Mrs Kaye and stealing her safe containing £20,000.

The OAP was thrown to the ground and threatened with a screwdriver.

She suffered a broken leg and significant bruising and later died of her injuries in hospital three weeks later on March 17.

On Monday Amos was found guilty of the murders of both Mr Gumbley and Mrs Kaye following a trial at Coventry Crown Court.

Brother Jason was found guilty of murdering Mr Gumbley after a jury of six men and six women spent 5 hours and 50 minutes deliberating.

The siblings were also found guilty of wounding with intent and conspiracy to rob after a third pensioner Dennis Taylor, 82, was attacked.

DNA evidence linked brothers to crime scenes

Three masked men had knocked on his farmhouse door in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, before he was repeatedly struck on a head, hit with a baseball bat and had a knife pushed through his lip.

The men ransacked his home before making off with jewellery and £800 in cash after demanding the code for his safe.

A Mazda was caught on nearby CCTV speeding towards and away from, the farm before it was found burnt out later that evening in a country lane.

DNA evidence later linked them to the crime scenes. Jason was previously convicted of Mr Gumbley’s murder in 2019 but was granted a re-trial.

Both defendants, formerly of Alfreton, Derbyshire, were remanded in custody and will be sentenced on a date yet to be fixed.

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