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===The murder=== On Easter Sunday in April 2011, when he was 14 years old, Daniel bludgeoned his mother Jacqueline Bartlam to death with a claw hammer as she slept. He then burned the house, but before doing so, he helped his younger brother and the family dog out of the house. Initially, he claimed that a thieving burglar had hurt his mother and burnt the house. However, as investigators searched through his computer, they found evidence that he was searching things like "how to get away with murder" and other related topics. He had also extensively researched a storyline from the soap opera ''Coronation Street'' in which villain John Stape murders a woman with a hammer, and had written a detailed fantasy about murdering his mother with a claw hammer, burning her body and blaming it on a burglar.<ref>[https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/nottinghamshires-most-notorious-criminals-due-5768352 When Nottinghamshire's most notorious criminals are due for release from prison], Nottinghamshire Live</ref> He was immediately arrested and tried. Daniel Bartlam was sentenced to 16 years in a juvenile detention facility.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/apr/02/teenager-daniel-bartlam-jailed-murder Teenager Daniel Bartlam jailed for killing mother with hammer], The Guardian</ref>
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