Man sentenced to life in prison for murdering his friend

A Sandwell man who repeatedly hit his ‘friend’ over the head with a rock following an argument over stolen money has today (17 November) pleaded guilty and been sentenced to life in prison.Darren Lander, aged 28, of no fixed address, will serve a minimum of 15 years in prison for the murder of Richard Groves in May this year.Mr Groves, aged 32, was hit a number of times across the head and face with a rock at his home in Warley on the night of Monday 16 May.Unemployed Lander had been