A murderer jailed for life for killing a homeless man in a row over £12 has died in jail.

Terence Townsend was one of four men found guilty of murdering John Dunn in a 'brutal and sustained attack'. A jury heard Mr Dunn, 45, suffered more than 100 injuries when he was set upon after returning empty-handed from a trip to Tesco to buy alcohol.

Townsend died aged 68 at HMP Buckley Hall in Rochdale in February due to a tear in the heart, a report has found. Prisons ombudsman Adrian Usher said the death was from natural causes.

Townsend, then 51 and of Cardiff, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 14 years after being found guilty of murder at Bristol Crown Court in 2007.

A jury heard Townsend, Andrew Fuge, then 45, of Weston; Richard Evans, then 54, of Pill in North Somerset; a

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