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Killer bought Viagra minutes after beating a pensioner to death for drug money with the help of his girlfriend... as he prepared for night of sex at their victim's house: Chilling footage revealed as they are jailed 27 years

A killer was caught on CCTV buying Viagra minutes after he and a woman beat a pensioner to death - as he prepared for a night of sex inside their victim's house.  

Hannah Day, 29, and Aaron Brown, 39, were today jailed for the manslaughter of 'lonely' John Cornish, 75, who they attacked in a bid to steal his bank card in Weymouth, Dorset.

Mr Cornish, a retired lorry driver, suffered a fatal cardiac arrest after he was targeted by Day and Brown in September 2019. 

He suffered 42 injuries including a fractured larynx, bruises and knife wounds to his face and body in the attack.

Day was today sentenced to 14 years in prison and Brown was jailed for 13 years and six months.

Pictured: Aaron Brown was caught on CCTV buying Viagra on the same day he and Hannah Day had killed pensioner John Cornish

Pictured: Aaron Brown was caught on CCTV buying Viagra on the same day he and Hannah Day had killed pensioner John Cornish  

Pictured: Day is seen wearing a heart-shaped necklace that was later found at Mr Cornish's home

Pictured: Day is seen wearing a heart-shaped necklace that was later found at Mr Cornish's home

Sentencing the pair at Winchester Crown Court, Mr Justice Garnham said that Day had extracted around £30,000 from Mr Cornish during the four years she had known him. 

He told her: 'You became a cuckoo in his nest, you were not content with his generosity, you wanted more, so you took it.'   

Mr Justice Garnham added that after the attack carried out by both defendants, Brown went out shopping for impotence drug Viagra and the pair had sex in Mr Cornish's home while he lay dead.

CCTV footage shows Brown leaving Mr Cornish's address to meet a drug dealer at around 5.30pm before going to Boots and Asda to buy Viagra.

In his absence, Day made a number of phone calls from the victim's landline before Brown returned at around 7.30pm.

The pair then went into Weymouth together and returned to Mr Cornish's address at around 2.50am on September 7. 

They left the premises the next morning, with Day raising the alarm about Mr Cornish's death to passersby claiming she had just arrived to find his body.

The trial heard that Brown called an ambulance which was given an incorrect address and Mr Cornish's body was not found until 12 hours after the attack when Ms Day raised the alarm. 

Pictured: Aaron BrownPictured: Hannah Day

Hannah Day, 29, and Aaron Brown, 39, were today jailed for the manslaughter of 'lonely' John Cornish, 75, who they attacked in a bid to steal his bank card in Weymouth, Dorset

Mr Cornish, a retired lorry driver, suffered a fatal cardiac arrest after he was targeted by Day and Brown in September 2019

Mr Cornish, a retired lorry driver, suffered a fatal cardiac arrest after he was targeted by Day and Brown in September 2019

The victim's daughter, Beverley Cornish, told the court: 'He was a kind, gentle man and a truly loving father to my brother and I, giving us an ideal childhood.'

She added that she lost her partner of 25 years in a car accident during a visit to her family's graves and her children missed out on their grandfather's support.

Ms Cornish told the trial that the defendants had taken advantage of her 'very lonely' father.

Mr Cornish, a retired lorry driver, suffered a fatal cardiac arrest after he was targeted in his own home (Pictured: His home, which is next to the Alexandria Hotel in Wemouth)

Mr Cornish, a retired lorry driver, suffered a fatal cardiac arrest after he was targeted in his own home (Pictured: His home, which is next to the Alexandria Hotel in Wemouth)

Prior to the sentencing hearing, the court was read a note from a juror stating that a dock officer had told them after they had reached their verdicts about comments made by Day about her involvement in the incident.

Mr Justice Garnham said this could be treated as contempt of court and added: 'I want to make it crystal clear how serious this could be, this will not rest here.'

Brown, from Weymouth, was convicted of manslaughter and robbery, and Day, from Dorchester, was convicted of manslaughter, robbery, theft and five charges of fraud.

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