STOURBRIDGE man Moses Christensen has been found guilty of the murder of 70-year-old Richard Hall, who was stabbed to death last summer on Shropshire's Brown Clee Hill.

Christensen, of Corser Street, Oldswinford, had denied murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

Adjourning the case until March 16, Mr Justice Pepperall at Stafford Crown Court told Christensen: "I am going to delay sentencing.

"But understand this. There is only one sentence that can be passed and that is a sentence of life imprisonment."

Moses Christensen was unanimously convicted of murder after the jury panel had deliberated for less than three hours.

Following the verdict, the court was told further psychiatric evidence would be presented to the judge before the sentencing hearing, to be held at Birmingham Crown Court.

The court was also told the verdict meant there was "no basis in law" for the court to pass an interim hospital order.