A 14-year-old boy who murdered his mother with a hammer and set her body on fire has been jailed for 16 years.
Daniel Bartlam had denied murder but admitted killing his mother, Jacqueline Bartlam, following a row in the middle of the night.
During cross-examination, he was asked what he had done and the teenager replied: "I killed her, basically". He said the killing was not murder because he had been provoked and had lost control.
The prosecution said the victim's body was padded with paper, covered in petrol and set on fire at her home in 2011.
The jury was told violent TV clips had been found on Daniel's computer.
At Nottingham Crown Court, the judge said that after viewing psychiatric reports, the teenager should be detained for a minimum of 16 years.
Reporting restrictions preventing identification of the boy were lifted following his sentencing.
culled from BBC
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