As he drank, took cocaine and sang Sweet Caroline, a sickening rumour began to spread around the pub
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDuring a drug-fuelled session in the pub, David Liptrot made a confession. As word spread about the bar, the mood soured. It 'sickened' his fellow punter, who informed the landlady of the 55-year-old's admission.
When questioned on the claim, Liptrot said: "If there is ever big problems, you get rid of them, you get shut." As Liptrot sang Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline and snorted cocaine, his girlfriend Caroline Gore lay dead on her bathroom floor.
In a break from his revelry, he told another punter he had killed the 43-year-old. READ MORE: He was a 'respected' fireman, then he crept into the bed of a 17-year-old girl After staff tried to call Ms Gore, the police were informed.
Officers found Ms Gore's body on the bathroom floor of her flat. Liptrot, of Shelley Close, Coppull, Lancashire, denied murdering his partner - who was described in court as 'vulnerable', having suffered with mental health difficulties.
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