Murderer captured on Ring doorbell

A Ring doorbell captured the moment a murderer broke into a 69-year-old grandmother's house, and then attacked her.

Dean Mears, 34, from Kinmel Bay, Conwy county, was found guilty of the murder of of Catherine Flynn on 24 October 2024.

Prosecutor Andrew Jones told Caernarfon Crown Court the victim's daughter, Natasha Flynn, received an electronic notification from the house's Ring doorbell camera at 22:27 GMT.

The footage showed Mears remained inside the house for under two minutes before jumping out of the window.

The jury returned a guilty verdict on Thursday afternoon. A judge described the attack as "senseless", resulting in "catastrophic injuries".

Edited by Lena Mohammed.