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10 Dec 2013 16:49

David Jeffs, 36, stole from Roberto Troyan before spending the money on sports cars, luxury hotels, exotic holidays and hospitality tickets

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A financial adviser has been jailed for life for murdering his wealthy client after conning him out of hundreds of thousands of pounds.

David Jeffs, 36, stole more than 340,000 from Roberto Troyan before spending the money on sports cars, luxury hotels, exotic holidays and hospitality tickets to sporting events.

After fearing being found out as a fraudster, he visited the 63-year-old in his Mayfair apartment and brutally murdered him.

Mr Troyan was so badly injured that it was initially thought he had been shot. He died of severe head injuries, having suffered severe fractures to his skull, left cheek, jaw and eye socket.

Jeffs then tried to cover his tracks by making bogus phone calls, disposing of blood-stained clothes and replacing them with replicas in an attempt to dupe police.

Married Jeffs, of Arnold, Nottingham, was found guilty of murder and fraud following a trial at Croydon Crown Court last month.

Today, he was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court to a minimum 24-year term for murder and six years for the count of fraud, to run concurrently.

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