A prison inmate was arrested on a charge of murder after allegedly
killing his elderly cellmate because he looked like Santa Claus,
according to police in the United Kingdom.
Nottinghamshire Police said that they have arrested 25-year-old David
Gomersall, after being accused of choking to death 80-year-old John
Coxall.
According to the police investigation, Gomersall was serving a three
year prison sentence for threatening to kill someone while Coxall was in
jail for violating a restraining order.
Gomersall told police that he put Coxall in a headlock because he looked
like Santa Claus. He then choked the elderly man with bed sheets until
he passed out.
Coxall, who was serving 30 months in prison for violating a restraining
order taken out by his neighbor, was found dead on the floor of his cell
the following day by prison guards.