article_snippet.sent: Alan Rogers, who admitted manslaughter after smashing the skull of neighbour Fred Hatch after wrongly believing Alan Rogers was involved in witchcraft .
article_snippet.sent: A crazed pensioner killed A crazed pensioner Navy veteran neighbour with a claw hammer as A crazed pensioner wrongly believed A crazed pensioner was involved in witchcraft, Cardiff Crown Court heard today.
article_snippet.sent: Today at Cardiff Crown Court, Alan Rogers pleaded guilty to manslaughter and is due to be sentenced later today.
article_snippet.sent: Cardiff Crown Court heard how after attacking his Navy veteran neighbour, Alan Rogers then calmly called the police and told the police: 'I have just killed one of my neighbours
article_snippet.sent: and I have hit Alan Rogers head with a hammer.'
article_snippet.sent: As Alan Rogers was handcuffed by police officers, Alan Rogers told police officers: 'I have been waiting a long time to kill her husband.'
article_snippet.sent: Police then interviewing Alan Rogers suspected her husband may have been suffering mental health problems when her husband started making strange statements about why her husband killed his Navy veteran neighbour.
article_snippet.sent: Prosecutor Mike Jones said Alan Rogers told police Alan Rogers had killed Fred because Alan Rogers was involved in modern 'witchcraft'.
article_snippet.sent: Prosecutor Mike Jones explained: 'Prosecutor Mike Jones told police Prosecutor Mike Jones had a moral duty to Prosecutor Mike Jones to kill this person as these people were using modern technology the equivalent of witchcraft to harm defenceless sentient beings. '
article_snippet.sent: Prosecutor Mike Jones said Fred had been in collusion with what Prosecutor Mike Jones described as "the man and Prosecutor Mike Jones colleagues".'
article_snippet.sent: The court was told the victim had such catastrophic injuries to the victim forehead the victim skull, the victim brain was visible.
article_snippet.sent: Alan Rogers was later diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia but had no previous criminal record or episodes of violence before the killing.
article_snippet.sent: Vincent Coughlin, defending, said the killing was 'an appalling unprovoked attack' and Alan Rogers was 'conscious of the pain Alan Rogers has caused.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Alan Rogers claimed Alan Rogers wanted Fred Hatch dead as Alan Rogers was involved in witchcraft .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Alan Rogers told officers arresting Alan Rogers 'I have been waiting a long time to kill that man' 