Teenager who brutally killed mum with hammer in hours-long attack is jailed | UK | News
A teenager who brutally killed his mother by repeatedly beating her with a hammer has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years and six months. Tristan Roberts, 18, killed his mum, Angela Shellis, 45, after forcing her to wear a balaclava and walking her to a footpath beside a nature reserve. The horrific attack, which the prosecution said Roberts had planned for weeks, started at his and his mum’s house in Prestatyn, North Wales, on October 24 last year. Mold Crown Court heard on Wednesday how Roberts attacked and strangled his mum while she was initially conscious. He even recorded parts of the attack, which the prosecution said were believed to be some “form of trophy”. At one stage, Roberts can be heard saying in the recording: “This is the moment we are doing it. We are going to hit her with a sledgehammer.” After the initial attack, Ms Shellis firmly and calmly asked her son to phone the police as she realised what her son was planning to do, the …
