Overview

• A jury at Ipswich Crown Court returned a unanimous guilty verdict after about two and a half hours of deliberation over the 2024 killing of 57-year-old Anita Rose.
• Prosecutors described a “vicious and brutal” assault in which Rose suffered numerous kicks, stamps and blows that led to fatal head injuries.
• Investigators tied Barclay to the crime through a tightly wrapped dog lead “signature,” DNA on Rose’s pink jacket and phone, and his walking boots found at his off-grid camps.
• Barclay spent two years living in makeshift camps in the Suffolk countryside to evade recall to prison before ambushing Rose on July 24, 2024.
• Judge Martyn Levett scheduled sentencing for August 6, when Barclay is expected to receive life imprisonment, with authorities conducting a MAPPA review of probation and information-sharing failures.