Geoffrey Norton murdered his wife while on bail A husband who murdered his wife at their Lancashire home while on bail facing charges of sexually assaulting a young girl, is to be sentenced later.
Geoffrey Norton bludgeoned his wife Janet with a hammer at their caravan park home in Preesall.
He has also admitted 11 counts of indecent assault on a child between 1972 and 1983, and assaulting a child under 13 in 2008 by sexual touching.
The 67-year-old will be sentenced at Preston Crown Court later.
Norton was arrested in December 2009 on suspicion of sexually assaulting a girl, a Lancashire police spokeswoman said.
He murdered his 64-year-old wife on 22 January 2010 while on bail for that offence.
Three months later he was charged with the historic sex offences.
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