True story behind Sixth Commandment - Peter Farquhar's horrific murder by lover
The Sixth Commandment tells the story of Peter Farquhar, a 69-year-old author and former lecturer who was murdered by his lover Ben Field and the shocking truth behind this crime is horrifying.
Ben murdered his lover through alcohol poisoning and was sentenced to 36 years in prison in October 2019. The murderer admitted to drugging Peter in order to inherit his house and money.
Peter lectured at Buckingham University, where his subsequent killer studied and as the pair grew closer, the author left wrote Ben into his will in 2013 before moving in together two months later.
During their relationship, Ben had a string of girlfriends and subsequently began a sexual relationship with Peter's neighbour, Ann Moore-Martin who was 57 years his senior.
The shocking story is told in BBC One drama The Sixth Commandment starring Timothy Spall and Anne Reid.
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The pensioner was cruelly murdered by his lover (PA)Over two years, Ben drugged the lecturer and urged him to drink alcohol while simultaneously tricking his lover, leading to the author believing he was losing his mind.
The killer secretly deleted numbers from Peter's phone, making him believe he'd accidentally done it himself and had forgotten.
The lecturer sought the help of specialist brain doctors but no one could find out what was wrong with him.
One month after Ben moved in Peter was admitted into hospital after ingesting 14 sleeping tablets with 400ml of gin which staff suspected was an overdose but, in fact, he had been drugged.
The convicted killer expressed no remorse, shamelessly telling the jury that "he did it for no other reason other than it was cruel, to upset and torment Peter - purely out of meanness," the BBC reported .
Oxford Crown Court heard the lonely lecturer had believed his killer was in love with him and they even exchanged vows during an official betrothal ceremony.
In August 2015, Ben spiked his lover with the powerful psychedelic drug 2CB on the day of the release of his third novel, A Wide Wide Sea but attendees simply believed the lecturer was becoming an alcoholic.
He was found dead on October, 26 2016 next to a bottle of whiskey by his cleaner and his death was initially put down to acute alcohol intoxication.
The court heard that Ben targeted Peter's neighbour Ann a few months after killing Peter but was acquitted of her attempted murder.
When Ann called solicitor Diana Davis to ask for her will to be changed to include Ben, alarm bells were set off as this was the second elderly pensioner to contact her asking to make Ben a beneficiary.
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The pensioner helped convict Ben by giving interviews to the police and died of natural courses on May 11, 2017.
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