Martial arts expert jailed for murdering former Mother Teresa worker

Colin Payne, 61, was found guilty of murdering Mark Bloomfield, 54, after “viciously” punching him outside the Full Moon pub in Swansea.

On Thursday, Swansea Crown Court heard “self-styled hard man” Payne launched his attack on the charity worker to “teach him a lesson” after he had brushed his girlfriend’s back with a beer can on July 18 this year.

Payne dragged Mr Bloomfield to the floor by his throat and kicked him in his head, before taking the attack outside and punching “two expert blows” to his head.

Mr Bloomfield was knocked to the ground after hitting his head on the concrete, never to regain consciousness, and died in hospital two days later.

A victim impact statement from his family said he had travelled the world helping charitable projects, including becoming a special assistant to Mother Teresa in Calcutta in the 1990s, where he helped people who were terminally ill have dignified deaths.

He later worked with nuns to open schools for girls across India.

Payne, who the court heard was highly trained in martial arts including jujitsu and judo, and had recently advertised himself as a bodyguard, attempted to throw a pub computer containing a CCTV recording of the attack over a nearby wall while Mr Bloomfield received CPR, though it was recovered by police.

He pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice and manslaughter claiming self-defence, but was…