Albertina Choules, 81, was found dead outside her isolated home in the rolling Buckinghamshire countryside in July last year after desperately calling the police to report an intruder.
The call handler could hear the chilling voice of a man in the background before the line went dead.
Tautrydas Narbutas, 24, today admitted hitting Mrs Choules over the head with a blunt instrument before dragging her outside and setting her body alight.
The prosecution accepted a guilty plea to manslaughter not murder because he has a ‘psychotic disorder’ that makes him less responsible for his actions.
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