Toyboy lover, 28, exchanged knives at engagement ceremony with his ex-English lecturer, 69, months before murdering him, court hears

A TOYBOY lover exchanged knives at a betrothal ceremony with his former English lecturer months before murdering him, a jury heard on Thursday.

Peter Farquhar, 69, and church warden Ben Field, 28, held the engagement ritual on March 13, 2014.

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Oxford crown court heard Mr Farquhar wrote: “A knife is the wedding ring of brotherhood.

“It is one of the happiest moments of my life.”

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Field and pal Martyn Smith, 32, of Redruth, Cornwall, are accused of feeding the OAP psychedelic drugs on his toast in a bid to get his home in Maids Moreton, Bucks.

The pair deny murder and trying to murder neighbour Ann Moore-Martin, 83, who Field, of Olney, Bucks, was also in a sexual relationship with.

The trial continues.

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