A homeless man has pleaded guilty to murdering a mother & her 13-year-old boy after they took him into their home & offered him sanctuary.

 

Aaron Barley will be sentenced at a later date for the double murder West Midlands Police

Aaron Barley, 24, agreed that he stabbed Tracey Wilkinson, 50, & her teenage son Pierce at their home in Stourbridge, West Midlands.

During the furious attack, Barley also stabbed father of the home Peter Wilkinson.

Barley in the past admitted to the attempted murder of Mr Wilkinson, 47, but has now admitted to murders of the mother & child on the first day of his trial at Birmingham Crown Court.

 

Tracey Wilkinson (L) and her teenage son Pierce West Midlands Police

The court earlier heard how the family had taken in Barley after Mrs Wilkinson spotted him sleeping rough outside a Tesco supermarket in March last year as well as providing him a home, Mr Wilkinson even gave him a job as a laborer at a business he runs in Newport, south Wales in April 2016.

The Wilkinsons also made arrangements for him to be accommodated in lodgings when not at their home & paid for a mobile phone contract for him.

Barley even described Mrs Wilkinson as the "Mother he had never had".

As his behavior worsened, Mr Wilkinson cancelled the mobile phone contract.

On 30 March 2017, Mr Wilkinson took the family dog out for a walk, unknown to the family, Barley had tried to break into the family home the night before but stopped after discovering it was locked.

He then hid in the garden shed until Mr Wilkinson left later that morning before going inside to murder the other 2 family members.

Mrs Wilkinson was pronounced dead at the scene, while Pierce was taken to hospital before he later died of his injuries.

Mr Wilkinson said he believed Barley took out his anger on the fact his life had gone badly out on the family.

CCTV at the home address & in the car showed the events of the previous night & that morning which led to the untimely & devastating deaths of Tracey & Pierce, leaving no doubt about Barley's guilt.