'Sir Richard intervened, walking up to the Defendant and swinging at him with his fist but missing. The argument continued with Louisa and the Defendant being loud and aggressive towards each other. 'At Moorhill a tussle started between Rose and the Defendant, with Louisa and her husband Joe intervening. 'The family had been to Wincanton races and on the way home an argument had developed around the Defendant not offering to drive and his sisters feeling that he was, as usual in their view, acting selfishly. Mr Feest added: 'The first of the violent incidents took place around Christmas of 2019. Police guard Sir Richard's £2million property in the Dorset hamlet of Higher Langham in April On two occasions Schreiber's anger boiled over into episodes of violence which added to his feelings of 'resentment and isolation', the court heard. The court heard tension between Schreiber and Sir Richard grew during lockdown with the millionaire expressing frustration that he was living with them 'rent free' and Schreiber appeared ungrateful that he had only been given £10,000 to buy a car. Today at Winchester Crown Court jurors were shown sweeping drone footage of Sir Richard's 'Moorhill' mansion. 'The persistence of these emotions, the hatred which they engendered towards Sir Richard and Anne in the mind of the Defendant and the spotlight which was cast on them by the defendant's enforced presence at Moorhill during lockdown in early 2021, were all significant factors in the explosion of violence by the Defendant which took place on the 8th anniversary of his father's death.' 'In the years leading up to the incident on the 7th April 2021, he clearly felt that he was treated differently by his mother and Sir Richard as compared to his two sisters, particularly with regards to financial arrangements. 'As will be seen, he harboured a significant and sustained feeling of resentment towards both his mother and Sir Richard because of this.
Pictured: David Schreiber's grave. Thomas Schreiber, of Gillingham, Dorset, is on trial at Winchester Crown Court accused of murdering 83-year-old Sir Richard The defendant very much took his father's side. 'As is often the case when parents separate, the Schreiber children had and still have differing perspectives and loyalties in relation to this. David Schreiber moved into a cottage on the estate where he lived until his death in 2013. He said: 'In the summer of 2003, Anne and her children were invited by Sir Richard to move to Moorhill, which they did. Mr Feest said Schreiber was living in the annex above the garage of the impressive estate in April 2021. 'Sir Richard, who until then had been in the background, stepped in and hit the defendant once across the back with his walking stick. The argument reportedly ended with Sir Richard breaking a walking stick across Schreiber's back.Īdam Feest QC, prosecuting, said: 'Anne suggested to Louisa that she might have one of their grandmother's chandeliers, at which the defendant lost his temper saying that his sister got everything and became abusive towards her. On one occasion, months before the killing, Schreiber apparently became violent after his mother suggested his sister Louisa could inherit a chandelier. The court heard that Schreiber had harboured a long-standing grudge against his mother and Sir Richard following the breakdown of her relationship with his alcoholic father David.
Mrs Schreiber, 65, also suffered multiple stab wounds to her back but lived, despite suffering life-changing injuries. Hotel tycoon Sir Richard was stabbed to death in a vicious attack at his sprawling £2million country mansion - complete with swimming pool and pool table room - in the hamlet of Higher Langham, near Gillingham, Dorset, on April 7, the court heard. Schreiber, 35, has previously admitted the manslaughter of Sir Richard and pleaded guilty to driving a Range Rover dangerously on the A303, A4 and M3. Thomas Schreiber, of Gillingham, Dorset, is on trial at Winchester Crown Court accused of murdering 83-year-old Sir Richard and attempted murder of his own mother Anne Schreiber, who the defendant described as 'toxic and gold-digging'. The son of millionaire hotelier Sir Richard Sutton's partner stabbed him to death in an 'explosion of violence' on the 8th anniversary of his real father's death after tensions started mounting during lockdown, a court heard today.