Man who strangled a grandad jailed for 25 years

A man who strangled a Kent grandfather to death before dumping him in undergrowth has been jailed for a minimum of 25 years.

Stephen Castle, 60, killed 54-year-old Wayne Woodgate following a chance encounter in Tunbridge Wells last October.

Having argued with Mr Woodgate he attacked him and left his body to be found six days later just off a main road near Peasmarsh, East Sussex.

The judge at Maidstone Crown Court said Castle had acted in "revenge", believing Woodgate was responsible for a previous police raid on his home that had led to him being jailed.

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