article_snippet.sent: Killed: David Alderson was found dead in an abandoned copper mine in January last year .
article_snippet.sent: Prosecutor Martin Meeke QC told the jury: 'David Alderson was beaten about the head, possibly until David Alderson was unconscious.
article_snippet.sent: Prosecutor Martin Meeke QC said of David Alderson: '”
article_snippet.sent: Tammy lived in a flat below David Alderson, and grew close to the pensioner before the pensioner death, calling the pensioner 'granddad', jurors heard.
article_snippet.sent: David Alderson gave Tammy a £1,000 gift and changed the terms of David Alderson will to leave David Alderson estate to Tammy instead of David Alderson own estranged children.
highlights_snippet.sent: David Alderson, 72, was found dead in a Cornish copper mine last January .
  