Detectives have charged Jason Wayne Wilsher, 19, from Leicestershire, with the murder of Staffordshire pensioner Arthur Gumbley.
Arthur Gumbley, 87, died three weeks after thugs brutally attacked him when they stormed his £700,000 gated property on November 21.
Tonight Staffordshire Police said in a statement: ‘Jason Wayne Wilsher, of Barlestone Road, Bagworth, is charged with the murder of 87-year-old Mr Gumbley in Little Aston, south Staffordshire, on 12 December 2017. He will appear before magistrates in Newcastle-under-Lyme tomorrow morning.’
The pensioner, known as Bob, was found in a pool of blood after he was repeatedly kicked and punched at his house in leafy Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands.
Arthur Gumbley, 87, died three weeks after thugs brutally attacked him when they stormed his £700,000 gated property on November 21
The raiders fled with jewellery, cash and a purse belonging to Mr Gumbley’s late wife during the robbery which happened between 6pm and 9pm.
Staffordshire Police released shocking pictures of Mr Gumbley’s injuries as he lay in his hospital bed in a bid to catch his attackers while he was still alive.
Officers arrested two men and two women following his death on suspicion of murder and they have since been released on conditional bail.
On Friday the force released mugshots of a man and a teenager wanted in connection with the callous murder.
Staffordshire Police released shocking pictures of Mr Gumbley’s injuries as he lay in his hospital bed in a bid to catch his attackers while he was still alive
Mr Gumbley, pictured before the attack, ran a successful heating and plumbing supplies company before retiring
Speaking at a press conference after the attack, Mr Gumbley’s daughter Sue said before he died: ‘It’s started to become real to him now, and he’s said he’s scared.
‘His question is, why did it happen to him? What did he do wrong? How do you tell somebody that? That he did nothing wrong?
‘To see your dad, that you’ve looked up to all these years, sitting in a pool of blood is just awful.’
Mr Gumbley ran a successful heating and plumbing supplies company before retiring.
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