Stephanie Colderick Sat 8 November 2025 at 7:11 am UTC 5 min read A man battered his 89-year-old dad with a hammer after rowing with him about the messy state of his room. Martin Thornley, 44, struck his elderly dad multiple times, leaving him covered in blood, with a fractured chest and a bleed on the brain. The incident occurred on the night of May 31 this year.