A “crazed maniac” who murdered his cousin with an axe in her own home has been sent to prison.
Donald Excell, 50, killed Rita Lambourne, 58, in Bexhill, East Sussex, on 12 February 2025.
He denied murder and possession of a bladed article, but security camera footage captured him carrying the axe as he walked towards his cousin’s house.
Judge Christine Henson KC said Excell had become preoccupied with a self-made conspiracy theory about a paedophile cover-up that included Rita, though there was no evidence for this.