enid hatch , 70 , told of the horror as she ran out to the communal hallway of their sheltered housing complex near cardiff to help what she thought was an injured man , only to discover blood splattered walls where her husband had been beaten yards away .
the man was in fact alan rogers , 73 , who had smashed the skull of 76-year-old fred hatch .
yesterday rogers was sentenced to a hospital order under the mental health act and told he may never be released .