article_snippet.sent: Araba Taylor, for Evelyn Hutchins, told High Court that the 'odd' nature of Mr Butcher bequest to Mr Sharp should 'excite suspicion' that Mr Butcher did not fully understand what Mr Butcher was doing.
article_snippet.sent: But Jennifer Seaman, for Mr Sharp, said: 'Mr Butcher was a lonely man who found a friend in Mr Sharp.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Butcher found a male friend in Mr Sharp, somebody Mr Butcher could chat to.
article_snippet.sent: They had a shared interest in DIY and Mr Butcher liked to hear about Mr Sharp son.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Butcher became friends with Mr Sharp after the builder cleared the gutters of Mr Butcher home in Enfield, pictured, six years before Mr Butcher death .
article_snippet.sent: Giving evidence, Mr Sharp described the start of Mr Sharp friendship with Mr Butcher six years before his death, saying: 'When I first cleaned out Mr Sharp gutter Mr Sharp offered me a tenner or twenty quid for it, but I said no, I wouldn't take it.
article_snippet.sent: Asked why Mr Sharp did not attend Mr Butcher's funeral, Mr Sharp said it would 'just cause arguments' with the pensioner's family, and refuted Miss Taylor's clim that the two men were not in fact friends.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Sharp said Mr Sharp did not attend Mr Butcher's funeral because Mr Sharp did not want to upset anyone .
article_snippet.sent: Mr Sharp said: 'I class a friend as somebody who talks to people.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Rogers, 57, claimed Mr Sharp was 'lying' about being friends with Mr Butcher, adding: 'uncle