Murder Trial: Murderer sentenced to life

A murderer from Castletown has today been sentenced to life in prison – with a minimum term of 15 years.

46-year-old Ian Anderson received the sentence at Douglas Courthouse – last week a jury found him guilty of murdering Ballabeg man Neil Roberts following a five week trial.

The 60-year-old’s body was found at Anderson’s home on Queen Street in the early hours of December 1^st 2013.

Passing sentence Deemster Montogmerie told Anderson he was convicted of the “brutal murder” of his wife’s lover – saying he’d “significantly delayed” alerting the emergency services.

He added “you have not expressed any genuine remorse over his death since”.

Anderson’s sentence came into effect on December 1^st 2013.