Avery 
A man accused of murdering a 69-year-old grandmother has told a court he cannot remember carrying out the fatal assault.
Dean Mears, 34, from Kinmel Bay, Conwy county, admits the manslaughter of Catherine Flynn on 24 October 2024, but denies murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
Ms Flynn died from extensive injuries to her head, face and neck, which a pathologist described as being like those suffered in high-speed road traffic collision.
Mr Mears told Caernarfon Crown Court: "I can't give any explanation to this terrible thing I have done. I accept I've done what I have done but I had no intention to hurt anybody."
Mr Mears told the court he was arrested a day before the attack for forcing the current owner out of his former family home on Warren Road, Rhyl, Denbighshire.
Late on the evening of the 24th, Mr Mears attacked Ms Flynn while she lay in bed at her home on Cefndy Road, Rhyl, about a mile away.
