FATHER-of-four Barry Smith died after being beaten with pool cues and set on fire, his murder trial was told this afternoon.
The trial began of three people accused of killing Mr Smith, 48, in Derbyshire.
Vincent Aitken, 44, his daughter, Emma Aitken, 18, and her boyfriend, Nathan Doherty, 27, all deny the killing in Kilburn, in October last year.
Aitken's wife, Pamela, 40, is also facing trial after denying assisting an offender.
A jury was sworn in at Leicester Crown Court.
And in the prosecution opening, it was claimed Mr Smith was beaten with two pool cues which broke, and a fence post, before being dragged into a field and set on fire.
The body of Mr Smith, of Mayfield Avenue, Kilburn, was discovered outside Kilburn Welfare Social Club on the morning of October 6 last year.
Aitken, his wife, both of Chapel Street, Kilburn, daughter and Doherty, of Portland Street, Derby, were all arrested within days of the discovery.
The case continues.
