Maids Moreton: Ben Field thought he would 'get away with it'
Field, of Olney, Bucks, has been. He was described by police as a"cold, calculated, manipulative, controlling, evil man".
Miss Moore-Martin was Catholic and also went to church regularly. She, like her neighbour, had friends aplenty but was fiercely private. She was very close to her niece, so much so, they regarded each other as mother and daughter. Field drugged Mr Farquhar, secretly spiking his food and drink by feeding him a cocktail of sedatives and hallucinogens bought off the internet. They were covertly administered in various ways - on his toast, in his tea and broken up in chocolate. A video, found in Field's possession, shows the academic looking exhausted and struggling to form a sentence.
The court heard Field"gaslighted" both his victims, manipulating them psychologically so they ended up doubting their memory and sanity. His friends thought he had drunk himself to death - as did the coroner, who certified his cause of death as acute alcohol intoxication. But, during the trial, the prosecution said Field had"suffocated him" when he was too weak to resist.
In another note, the words"clickety x click!" appeared next to hand-drawn flowers and the words"I love you".When Field wanted money, he lied about needing a new car and Miss Moore-Martin gave him £4,400. He told her his younger brother, Tom Field, was seriously ill with a kidney condition and needed a dialysis machine. It was another lie, but she was taken in and handed over £27,000.
In his sketch books he planned the messages - how the writing would look, what the messages would say and what reasons there could be for them appearing. Some of the messages told her to leave her house to Field.In February 2017, Miss Moore-Martin became ill and suffered a seizure. It was during her hospital stay she confided in her niece about her relationship with Field and the writing on the mirrors. The police became involved and an investigation started.
During her stay in hospital, Field tried to visit her but he was denied access. The court heard he complained to the police and told the call operator:"A friend of mine was admitted to hospital and when I called the hospital and tried to visit, security have said that I can't see her and for more information I need to contact the police.
Dr Brett Lockyer, a consultant forensic pathologist, said Mr Farquhar died as a result of the combined effects of alcohol and flurazepam, which could have affected his breathing. He said he could not rule out that Mr Farquhar might also been smothered with a pillow. The pathologist said a toxicological analysis showed Mr Farquhar had been repeatedly exposed to lorazepam in the two months before he died, as well as other sedatives.
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