Tony Martin - a farmer who shot dead a teenage burglar at his home - has died, a family friend has said. Mr Martin sparked a national debate after he shot and killed 16-year-old Fred Barras on his remote Norfolk farm in 1999.

Convicted killer Tony Martin, who shot dead a teenage intruder in his home in 1999, has died at the age of 80, a family friend has said.

Martin served three years in prison for shooting Fred Barras, 16, at his home in Emneth Hungate, Norfolk, in 1999.

Martin died aged 80 today - 25 years after he was initially imprisoned for the killing of Fred Barras and injuring of Brendan Fearon at his Emneth Hungate farmhouse

A farmer who shot dead a teenage intruder and was found guilty of murder “never recovered” from the impact of the killing, a close friend has said.

THE convicted killer of a teenage intruder in his home has died at the age of 80, a family friend has said. Tony Martin shot a 16-year-old at his Norfolk farmhouse in 1999. The following year,

Tony Martin was initially found guilty of murdering Fred Barras, 16, who was killed after breaking into the farmer's home in Emneth Hungate, Norfolk, in 1999

Tony Martin was jailed in 2000 for the boy's murder but was released three years later after the conviction was reduced to manslaughter

Martin served three years in prison after shooting Fred Barras, 16, at his home in Emneth Hungate, Norfolk, in 1999.