A hospital security guard is facing a life sentence for murdering an army veteran and trying to kill another man with a similar weapon.
Married dad-of-two Paul Taylor was reported missing by his wife, Maria, on October 18 last year. She had seen him the previous evening “laughing away” watching television at their family home in Annan.
Later that night, Mr Taylor left their address for what became a tragic and fatal meeting with teenager Jack Crawley, then aged 19, at a secluded spot on the outskirts of Carlisle.
Mr Taylor was a catering manager at the city’s Cumberland Infirmary, where Crawley also worked, and described as a “workaholic”.