{"id":40894,"date":"2026-05-19T18:29:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T18:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/40894\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T18:29:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T18:29:21","slug":"son-accused-of-murder-after-dad-95-hit-numerous-times-with-hammer-in-st-marys-bay-bungalow-on-romney-marsh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/40894\/","title":{"rendered":"Son accused of murder after dad, 95, \u2018hit numerous times with hammer\u2019 in St Mary\u2019s Bay bungalow on Romney Marsh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A man in his 90s found dead at his home last week had been struck numerous times with a hammer, a murder hearing has been told today.<\/p>\n<p>Details of Thomas Lambert&#8217;s death were revealed as his son, Mark Lambert, appeared at Maidstone Crown Court accused of the killing on May 14.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutor Paul Cavin KC told the preliminary hearing that Mr Lambert, who was 95, suffered multiple blows, possibly as many as 20, to his head, face, body and ankles.<\/p>\n<p>He was found in his bedroom after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentonline.co.uk\/romney-marsh\/news\/murder-charge-after-death-of-man-in-his-90s-340397\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">police were called to the bungalow in Holly Road in St Mary\u2019s Bay<\/a>, on Romney Marsh, at 9.30am that day.<\/p>\n<p>The pensioner&#8217;s 66-year-old son was arrested at the address and subsequently charged with murder.<\/p>\n<p>Having been before magistrates at the weekend, the case was transferred to the crown court where the grey-haired, bespectacled defendant appeared via prison video link with HMP Elmley on the Isle of Sheppey.<\/p>\n<p>Lambert, of Cheriton Road, Folkestone, spoke to confirm his name and that he understood the legal proceedings.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 720 499\" alt=\"Forensics entering the home in St Mary's Bay on Romney Marsh where Thomas Lambert was found dead\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"NCATGY5DACYVT6UG2DMQ.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.44\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NCATGY5DACYVT6UG2DMQ.jpg\" alt=\"Forensics entering the home in St Mary's Bay on Romney Marsh where Thomas Lambert was found dead\"\/>Forensics entering the home in St Mary&#8217;s Bay on Romney Marsh where Thomas Lambert was found dead<\/p>\n<p>There was no application for bail and so he was remanded into custody by Judge Julian Smith until his next hearing, which will be at Canterbury Crown Court, on July 20.<\/p>\n<p>Lambert is expected to enter his plea to the charge on that occasion, with his trial set to start on January 4 and last up to three weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The court was told that his defence team is, however, seeking psychiatric reports.<\/p>\n<p>Following the alleged murder, neighbours described the deceased, known to them as Tom, as a \u201clovely\u201d person.<\/p>\n<p>George Potter, 88, who has lived opposite the bungalow for eight years, said he knew \u200bboth Lambert men and was shocked to learn of the death.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 2048 1424\" alt=\"Police tape around Thomas Lambert's home in Holly Road, St Mary's Bay\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"DKFHR9C71NJ8UOXVW5JS.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.44\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DKFHR9C71NJ8UOXVW5JS.jpg\" alt=\"Police tape around Thomas Lambert's home in Holly Road, St Mary's Bay\"\/>Police tape around Thomas Lambert&#8217;s home in Holly Road, St Mary&#8217;s Bay<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe crime rate around here is zero &#8211; it\u2019s very sad,\u201d he told KentOnline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man in his 90s found dead at his home last week had been struck numerous times with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[141,61,309,1090,1118,5,6],"class_list":["post-40894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uk","tag-courts","tag-crime","tag-kent","tag-romney-marsh","tag-syndicate","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116602664627352195","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}