Overview

• At Swansea Crown Court, Battenbough received a life sentence with a minimum term of 20 years and 114 days.
• Leanne Williams, 47, was found at her Gomer Road flat on February 27 after a Home Office post-mortem recorded significant injuries consistent with assault.
• CCTV showed Williams and Battenbough entering her home at 6:44pm on February 24, with prosecutors saying no one but the defendant saw her alive after that.
• Prosecutors described a deliberate and sustained assault, and the defendant has offered no explanation as investigators reported unresolved questions about sexual conduct and timing.
• Court reporting detailed that a frying pan, scissors and a knife were found near the body with her blood and traces of the defendant’s DNA, and police thanked Townhill residents for aiding the inquiry.