A MAN found guilty of murdering a 90-year-old woman at her Anglesey home when he was a teenager will have his conviction reviewed.

Mathew Hardman was 17 and the paperboy of Mabel Leyshon when he stabbed the pensioner in her Llanfairpwll home more than 20 times in 2001.

He denied the murder, but was handed a life sentence with a 12-year minimum prison term, before losing an appeal against his conviction in 2003.

His trial heard that he removed Mrs Leyshon’s heart and put it into a saucepan, then drained blood from her leg into the same saucepan before drinking from it.

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The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), which investigates miscarriages of justice, has confirmed it is now reviewing the conviction.

A CCRC spokesperson said: “An application has been received related to this case and a review is underway.

“It would be inappropriate for us to make further comment while this is taking place.”

Mrs Leyshon’s murder was described as "the most callous and brutal ever" by North Wales Police.

Her body was found on November 25, 2001, when a meals-on-wheels volunteer visited her home.

An application for Hardman to be released on parole in 2014 was also turned down.

The CCRC considers whether, as a result of new evidence or argument, there is a real possibility that the conviction would not be upheld were a reference to be made.

New evidence or argument is material which has not been raised during the trial or on appeal.

The CCRC is an independent body responsible for independently reviewing suspected and alleged miscarriages of criminal justice in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Based in Birmingham, it is funded by the Ministry of Justice.