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Tony Martin, who killed burglar at Norfolk farmhouse, dies

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Tony Martin shot dead Fred Barras , 16 , at his Norfolk farmhouse in 1999 .

Martin was jailed in 2000 for the boy's murder, and for injuring another man.

He was released three years later after the murder conviction was reduced to manslaughter.

Martin lived on his own at his sprawling, semi-derelict farmhouse near Wisbech .

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57

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55

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32

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semi-formal

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English

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55

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likely offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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