Grandmother killed to pay for wedding Her killer was John Mason - his reason for killing her was for money. After conning his way into her house by wearing a fluorescent jacket posing as a workman, he tortured his victim so she would reveal her pin number. He then beat her savagely to death using a blunt item. Being the coward that he is, Mason attacked her in the most vulnerable part of her body - her head. An already bleeding victim Mrs Dries-Jenkins was then repeatedly struck and the spread of blood shows the ferocity of which she was hit. There is also evidence of injury to the throat where he grabbed her during this murderous attack. Swansea Crown Court heard that on the day of her murder and on following days Mason used divorcee Mrs Dries-Jenkins' card to take money from her bank account. Mrs Jenkins's daughter Eleanor found her dead a week after the alleged murder at the cottage where she lived alone in the sleepy tourist town of Narberth, Pembrokeshire. Mr Harrington said: "Her daughter chose to pay her mother a surprise visit. She had just come back from her holiday in Italy and wanted to surprise her, two days before her birthday. But instead of this joyous occasion, Eleanor made the grim discovery of her mother's body having been left bludgeoned to death by John Mason. She suffered extensive head injured and there was blood everywhere in the dining room of her home. The court heard how unemployed Mason was due to marry his girlfriend Denise Evans and had moved their wedding forward to June 10th - nine days after Angelika Dries-Jenkins was killed. Mr Harrington said: "Mason was not in the financial position of someone who was to get married in a few days. He received £150 every fortnight in benefits. But after leaving Angelika Dries-Jenkins he went straight to the bank and began to take his victim's money. Although motivation for this crime might have been to put bread on the table for a wedding - he wasted a lot of the money on gambling and drinking. Keen gardener Mrs Dries-Jenkins was born in Germany and settled in Pembrokeshire after marrying a local man thirty years ago. She has three children including a son Benedict, 32, and two daughters. Although divorced, Mrs Dries-Jenkins' former husband Daniel Jenkins was in the public gallery to hear the details of how she died. The court heard Mrs Dries-Jenkins had beaten bowel cancer just a few years before her death. ends