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    Michael Lee Emmett murder: Connor Doughton jailed for life



    A teenager who murdered a father-of-three has been jailed for life.

    Connor Doughton, 16, went berserk after being escorted back to his parents' house in Blackwood, Caerphilly county, by two men who were trying to stop him getting into trouble.

    Michael Lee Emmett, 29, was stabbed in the liver in the attack in August 2014.

    Doughton, who knew his victim, pleaded guilty to murder at Cardiff Crown Court.

    He was ordered to serve a minimum of 15 years in prison.

    The court heard that shortly before the attack, an intoxicated Doughton had been trying to fight a bouncer at the Stonehouse pub in Cefn Fforest and had also been abusive to a woman in the street.

    Once home, he went to the kitchen to grab a knife before running back outside and stabbing Mr Emmett and another man, John Williams.

    Doughton then dropped the knife down a drain before he was stopped by police; he gave officers a false name, denied knowledge of the attack and spat in the face of a policewoman.

    Mr Emmett, who was expecting his third child, died four weeks later after having to undergo a liver transplant in London. Mr Williams survived but suffered a serious stab wound to his back.

    Sentencing, Mrs Justice Nicola Davies said an aggravating feature of the offence was that Mr Emmett had been profoundly distressed while clinging to life at a specialist hospital unit in London.

    As well as leaving behind twin boys, the judge said Mr Emmett's daughter Lola would never get to know her father, known by the family as "Michaelee", because of Doughton.

    She told the teenager: "Nothing they said or did could justify your taking of a knife - still less pursuing them down the road and in turn stabbing each of them.

    "In taking the life of Michael Emmett you have robbed twin boys aged eight of their father. Lola, his daughter, born when her father was critically ill in King's College Hospital, London, will never know him."

    The judge said Doughton had shown little remorse.

    The court heard he had a low IQ and had behavioural difficulties from the age of 11.

    He was also described as having a "severe conduct disorder" which had been caused by "genetic factors not associated with poor parenting."

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-s...wales-30833868





    R v CONNOR DOUGHTON

    IN THE CROWN COURT AT CARDIFF

    15 JANUARY 2015

    SENTENCING REMARKS OF THE HONOURABLE MRS JUSTICE NICOLA DAVIES


    On 1 August 2014 Michael-Lee Emmett and John Williams, with others, were outside the Stonehouse pub in Cefn Fforest chatting and smoking when you came along. You knew John Williams, as he is a family friend of some years standing. You also knew Michael Emmett.

    You told John Williams and others that you had been scrapping with bouncers in Blackwood. A woman in the group spoke to you and in response you were rude and abusive. John Williams told you not to speak to a woman like that, Michael Emmett told you to calm down.

    Your reaction to this was to become aggressive; you squared up to John Williams and threatened to knock him out. Those present were trying to calm you down, and Michael Emmett’s efforts to do so resulted in a scuffle. John Williams described you as the aggressor. The scuffle ended.

    The two men accompanied you along the road, their aim being to walk you back to your home to your father in order to prevent any more trouble. As the three of you walked along John Williams described you as being up and down; alright one minute and making no sense the next.

    It was his opinion that you were under the influence of drugs. As the three of you approached your home you ran from the two men and went through the front door into the property. John Williams and Michael Emmett turned around and began walking back to the Stonehouse pub. Within a short time you exited the back door of your house, followed by your father and your brother. You began shouting at John Williams and Michael Emmett, "come on you fucking bastards."

    Your family were trying to calm you down. Unbeknown to the two men in the road when in the house you had gone into the kitchen and picked up a kitchen knife. Once outside you approached Michael Emmett and using the knife stabbed him in the abdomen causing a penetrating injury to his liver.

    Michael Emmett began to run away whereupon you chased him up the road. The chase lasted for some 20-25 metres then you turned back. You approached John Williams there was a scuffle during which you stabbed him in the left upper shoulder, right lower back and right upper arm. The stab wound to the lower back damaged his bladder.

    You subsequently dropped the knife in a drain in a road to the rear of the road in which you live. Shortly after you were stopped by the police. You gave a false name, denied any knowledge of a knife and the stabbings and when being taken to the police station spat in the face of a policewoman.

    Having been taken into custody blood samples were taken from you approximately 13¼ hours after the incident. Diazepam and metabolites of it were found in your blood; a very low concentration of a cannabis related substance was found; no alcohol was detected.

    By reason of the time which had passed prior to the taking of the blood the forensic scientist was unable to comment as to whether you were under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident. The concentrations of diazepam and its metabolites were consistent with therapeutic use of the drug but none was prescribed for you.

    Following the stabbing Michael Emmett, then aged 29, was taken to the University Hospital of Wales. Investigation revealed a three centimetre stab wound in the right lobe of the liver. In the intensive care unit of the hospital aggressive organ support was given but the damage to the liver was severe.

    The decision was made that a liver transplantation was necessary and the University Hospital of Wales arranged the transfer of Michael Emmett to the liver intensive therapy unit of Kings College Hospital, London. There, on 6 August 2014, a liver transplantation took place. Sadly in the period following the transplantation Michael Emmett developed a fungal infection of the bronchi and trachea and a sensitivity reaction to it. Every effort was made by those caring for him to combat the infection and deal with its sequelae.

    Michael Emmett underwent tracheostomies, laparoscopies and abdominal washouts. On 27 August 2014 he suffered a catastrophic airway bleed in the area of the trachea and bronchi. Two further massive bleeds occurred on the 29 and 30 August.

    On 2 September 2014 in consultation with the family of Michael Emmett a decision was made to withdraw life support. On that day Michael Emmett finally lost the fight for his life.

    I have read the statements of Natalie Preece, the partner of Michael Emmett. Ms Preece was at Kings College Hospital with Michael Emmett in the four weeks prior to his death. He had an open wound on his stomach which could not be closed, the tracheostomy meant that he was unable to speak which he found difficult and upsetting. He was attached to a number of machines which caused him distress. Until the catastrophic bleed on 27 August 2014 Michael Emmett was aware of his surroundings and was distressed by his ill health.

    John Williams was taken to hospital where he underwent surgery to repair his damaged bladder. The wounds to his shoulder, back and arm were stitched. He has been left with a scar in excess of 6 inches on his stomach which is a constant reminder of this attack. It is clear from a statement which has been made by John Williams that he continues to suffer the effects of the attack in feeling fear, weakness and vulnerability. Further he is distressed that a young man he befriended and supported in some difficult times had attacked him.

    Following your arrest you were interviewed by the police. In your initial interviews you denied any knowledge of the stabbing. In your third interview on 3 August 2014 you admitted going to the house and obtaining the knife, you said in order to scare the men. You were originally charged in respect of both stabbings with the offence of wounding with intent. On 24 September 2014 following the death of Mr Emmett you were arrested for his murder.

    Those acting on your behalf obtained assessments from a psychiatrist, Dr Darwish, and psychologist, Dr Davis, who saw you in November 2014 and provided reports for the court.

    In addition a detailed report from Dr Roger Kennedy prepared for Legal Services for Children dated 15 November 2013 and a psychologist's report dated 2007 were before the court.

    The position is this: you have had educational and behavioural difficulties from about the age of 11. It would appear that was when you began smoking cannabis and later in time using cannabis, mephedrone and cocaine.

    By May 2013 following your arrest for GBH your mother refused to have you at home. Later placement include a residential unit and in October 2013 a secure unit.

    In January 2014 you returned to the family home. It is the opinion of the two psychiatrists that you suffer from a severe conduct disorder characterised as a repetitive and persistent pattern of antisocial aggressive or defiant conduct.

    Dr Llewellyn is also of the view that you demonstrate a subtype of the disorder namely callous and unemotional traits. All clinicians are agreed this is a genetic condition and not associated with poor parenting.

    The diagnosis of severe conduct disorder does not constitute a mental illness. Dr Darwish in November 2014 stated that: "Connor does not have a formal mental illness."

    Further, it is undisputed you have a low IQ. Dr Davis states that this means you will have greater difficulty than most of your age in being able to problem solve and reflect upon your actions. You have difficulty processing and comprehending information. You have a history of learning difficulties and suffer from moderate to severe dyslexia.

    Your family have striven hard to provide you with appropriate support both in and out of the home. Professional assistance has been sought but with limited, if any, effect. The professional opinion is that you lose your temper easily and this has not been assisted by intellectual limitations, dyslexia and the use of illicit substances and alcohol.

    In 2013 you began a spate of offending which led to your being taken into care and into a secure unit in Neath. Over a period of some 12 months your offences included criminal damage, assault, battery and breaches of ASBOs.

    In January 2014 you returned to live at home and initially made progress. Between January and June 2014 you ceased substance misuse but at the end of June you resumed use of mephedrone and alcohol. In July 2014 you recommenced work with your father and in fact had been working on the day of these offences.

    Before the court is a pre-sentence report prepared in respect of the Section 18 offences and an addendum briefly deals with the charge of murder. There is only one recommendation in the report and that is a custodial sentence to ensure public protection.

    As to the offences neither victim did anything to provoke the stabbing. They were doing what they could to take you to your home away from any trouble realising that you were in an aggressive frame of mind. Nothing they said or did could begin to justify your taking a knife still less pursuing them down the road and in turn stabbing each of them.

    In taking the life of Michael Emmett you have robbed twin boys aged eight of their father. Lola, his daughter, born when her father was critically ill in King's College Hospital, will never know him. Michael was excited about his daughter's birth and looking forward to this special event. Natalie Preece lost not only her much loved partner and the father of her children, she has lost a source of strength and support within this close family. Their losses are devastating; such remorse as you have demonstrated has been limited. In court the remorse felt by your family for those affected by your actions was expressed in the clearest terms. The court was told that you do now feel true remorse. Before the court are letters attesting to the non-aggressive aspect of your character and the support of your family.

    You have pleaded guilty to the charge of the murder of Michael Emmett. The sentence of the court is detention at Her Majesty's Pleasure. At the time of the offence you were aged 16 years and 6 months. As you were aged under 18, pursuant to Paragraph 7 Schedule 21 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 the appropriate starting point in determining the minimum term of detention and thereafter imprisonment which you will serve is 12 years.

    I turn to the aggravating and mitigating factors. You deliberately brought a knife to the scene and used it to stab two men. You entered your home, went into the kitchen, obtained a kitchen knife left by a rear entrance and returned to the road where you knew Michael Emmett and John Williams were.

    Had you been an adult at the date of this offence your action in bringing a knife to the scene would have warranted a starting point of 25 years. In my view such action constitutes a significant aggravating factor.

    The sentence which I will pass in respect of the Section 18 wounding of John Williams will be a concurrent sentence of detention, however, the stabbing of a second victim within minutes of stabbing Michael Emmett was part of the same course of conduct and also constitutes an aggravating factor in respect of the charge of murder.

    In the month prior to his death on 2 September 2014 Michael Emmett suffered physically and mentally in the intensive care units of two hospitals. Clinicians strove to save his life and carried out a number of procedures including the major surgical procedure of a liver transplantation. The fact of Michael Emmett's suffering is also an aggravating factor of which I take account.

    Notwithstanding its tragic consequences the stabbing of Michael Emmett was one stab to the stomach. You intended to cause serious bodily harm and on 4 August 2014 pleaded guilty to the Section 18 offence in respect of both Michael Emmett and John Williams. The prosecution and defence are at one: the basis of sentence is an intention to cause serious bodily harm not to kill. I agree. You pleaded guilty to the offence of murder on 17 December 2014.

    Given the manner in which this case developed it was entirely proper that those who act on your behalf should obtain psychiatric and psychological reports. Having received the reports you were entitled to advice from your lawyers as to the way forward. I will proceed on the basis that your plea of guilty to murder was entered at the first reasonable opportunity for which you are entitled to credit.

    It is now submitted on your behalf that there is a further mitigating factor, namely the diagnosis of severe conduct disorder. The defence case is that such a disorder is not a disorder recognised by the Mental Health Act 1983 but it is a factor which lowers your culpability by reason of the effect which it has upon your ability to comprehend and thus control your actions.

    I take account of the diagnosis of severe conduct disorder and the effect which it can have upon your ability to understand and process information. However, you made a conscious decision to go into your home, collect a knife, return to the road where Michael Emmett and John Williams were walking away and go after each man with that knife. Such weight as I attach to the disorder as a mitigating factor is limited by reason of the facts of this case.

    Your age is a mitigating factor but one which is also reflected in the reduced starting point for the minimum term.

    I have identified the aggravating and mitigating factors pertaining to the charge of murder. Having balanced each and all of them the sentence of the court is one of detention during Her Majesty's Pleasure with a minimum term of 15 years. Credit will be given for 164 days spent in custody on remand. If the number of days spent on remand is incorrect, it can be corrected administratively.

    It is important to emphasise that the term of 15 years less the days spent on remand, is not the actual term for which you will be detained; it is the minimum term you must serve before you can be considered for release by the Parole Board. The time you actually serve may be longer.

    The Parole Board will only direct your release on license if it is satisfied that you are no longer a danger to members of the public. When you are released you will remain on license for the rest of your life and will be liable to be recalled by the Secretary of State.

    The stabbing of John Williams was unprovoked and vicious. In sentencing you for this offence I do so upon the basis that I have had regard to it in the sentence of detention at Her Majesty’s Pleasure for the offence of murder. The sentence I pass is one of a detention and training order of 24 months. This takes account of credit for the guilty plea at the earliest opportunity.

    The order is to run concurrently with the sentence of detention at Her Majesty's Pleasure. For the assault upon PC Bowen-Davies which took the form of spitting, the court imposes no separate penalty. This is not to minimise the assault upon a police officer but reflects the scheme of sentencing of the court. The court makes no order in respect of the breach of the anti-social behaviour order.

    Natalie Preece's statements have conveyed with rawness and poignancy the devastation and loss which was felt following the death of Michael. No words of mine will ease the dark hours and days but to each of you I offer my condolences. To Natalie I wish you strength too in the years ahead as you strive to give Logan, Riley and Lola the upbringing which you and Michael would have wished for them.
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    Connor Barrett party murder youths jailed for life


    Jesse Quaye and Ayomindy Bile

    Two teenagers who murdered a man at a 21st birthday party they gatecrashed have been jailed for life.

    Jesse Quaye, 18, and Ayomindy Bile, 15, stabbed Connor Barrett in Norfolk.

    Mr Barrett, 20, died while trying to protect a friend at the private event in Hemsby, on 10 May last year, Norwich Crown Court heard.

    Quaye and Bile will each serve a minimum of 15 years in prison.

    Judge Stephen Holt said the pair, who had denied the charge, had to be sentenced as if they were adults.

    Judge Holt said: "It is quite clear Connor Barrett was a much loved young man and the life and soul of many parties - he preferred to talk rather than resort to violence."

    Mr Barrett's family and friends would have to live with the tragic events for the rest of their lives, he added.

    Quaye, Bile and others had seen details of the party on social media, the court heard.

    The killers were also found guilty of actual bodily harm against Ricky Halliday, whom Mr Barrett was trying to defend.

    Bile had two previous convictions for street robberies.

    He had earlier been arrested for possession of a kitchen knife in a public place and was on bail, the court was told.

    Stephen Spence, defending Bile, said: "This was not a premeditated attack but a moment of madness."

    Paul Keleher, for Quaye, admitted his client was part of a knife-carrying culture.

    "Some young men feel the need to carry a knife - usually out of bravado, sometimes out of a misguided sense it is needed for self defence," he added.

    Mr Barrett's family said in a statement after the sentencing: "Connor was a considerate, kind, caring and loving great grandson, grandson, son, brother, nephew and cousin.

    "He was also a dedicated and devoted father to his own son.

    "His life has been cruelly stolen from him and his family, when he was coming into the prime of his life just a month away from his 21st birthday.

    "We accept the sentence but in no way feel that justice will be served, as no length of time will ever help us come to terms with what we have lost."

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-30847042
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    At what age does this fine, 15 year old get moved to adult prison?
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    Between the ages of 19 and 21 depending on the offender's maturity and development.
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    Brothers jailed for life for murdering Stephen Lambert


    Gavin Harris and Raymond Ball

    Two half-brothers have been jailed for life for stabbing their neighbour to death.

    Gavin Harris, 39, and Raymond Ball, 33, both of Risca, killed Stephen Lambert after a drunken row.

    Harris will serve a minimum of 21 years and eight months in prison and Ball a minimum of 22 years and six months after pleading guilty to murder.

    The attack happened at Mr Lambert's home in Risca, near Newport, Cardiff Crown Court heard.

    The court heard how the trio had been drinking and listening to music together shortly before the attack.

    Mr Lambert fell out with the half-brothers and asked them to leave his flat before they grabbed knives and stabbed him five times.

    Sentencing, Mrs Justice Nicola Davies said: "This was a frenzied attack on a defenceless man.

    "Nothing Stephen Lambert said or did should have led to this vicious and senseless stabbing."

    Mr Lambert was taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport where he died from his injuries.

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    Rui Li murder: Pierre Legris jailed for life for killing second wife



    A bigamist has been jailed for life after murdering his second wife and hiding her body in a car boot.

    French national Pierre Legris, 61, bludgeoned Rui Li, 44, to death at their Bournemouth home in May 2014.

    A trial at Winchester Crown Court heard the couple were swingers who ran a "sexual massage" service and that the murder was financially motivated.

    Sentencing, Mr Justice Dingemans ordered him to serve a minimum of 25 years in prison.

    Legris's racing driver son Jonathan, 27, and other wife Irene Smith, 66, were acquitted of conspiracy to murder.

    Jonathan Legris, of Spring Road, Bournemouth, was sentenced to two years after he was found guilty of assisting an offender.

    Smith, 66, was sentenced to three years in prison as she was found guilty of assisting an offender and perverting the course of justice.

    Before the start of the trial, Legris admitted an offence of bigamy in marrying Ms Li in 2007, despite being married to Smith since 1987.

    He also admitted perverting the course of justice.

    During his sentencing, the court heard he is suffering from cancer.

    The jury at Winchester Crown Court heard how Legris killed his second wife at their home in Burnham Drive as his finances were "desperate" and he wanted to cash in on her £300,000 life insurance policy.

    Ms Li worked at Poole Hospital as a nurse and was last seen by her daughter on 23 May last year.

    After killing her with forceful blows to the back of the head, probably using a heavy implement, Legris wrapped up Ms Li's body in plastic sheets and moved it several times.

    It was eventually discovered a week later in the back of a Fiat Punto in Verwood Crescent, Christchurch.

    Ms Li and Legris, who was also known as Alain Baron, ran a massage service and "on occasion provided sexual services."

    Legris said in defence the killer could have been somebody the couple met through massage or swinging.

    On the night of the murder, he claimed he had spent the evening watching EastEnders with Smith.

    When he reported Ms Li missing four days after she had last been seen, the court heard he "showed no emotion" to police.

    During the trial, Ms Li's daughter from a previous marriage, Lu Yao, said her mother had given her a will she had written.

    Ms Yao told police her mother was concerned she might be pushed off a mountain during one of the regular climbing trips she took with her husband.

    Smith, of St Clement's Road, was found guilty of perverting the course of justice as she provided a false alibi to Legris on the night of the murder.

    The jury also found her guilty of assisting an offender by hiring a storage facility and placing her husband's clothes and French passport in it.

    Jonathan Legris, the son of Pierre and Irene Smith, was found guilty of assisting an offender as he drove the Fiat containing Ms Li's body to a car park in Christchurch.

    A statement from Rui's colleagues at Poole Hospital said: "Rui was very conscientious, reliable and had a great attitude to her work.

    "She was well respected by colleagues and patients alike, and is hugely missed as a valuable part of the 'family' on the ward.

    "She will hold a place in the hearts of all those fortunate enough to have worked alongside her."

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-31619344
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    Robert Hind murder: David Mitchell jailed for life



    A convicted killer has been jailed for life for hacking a sex offender to death and dumping his dismembered body in a canal months after being released from prison for murder.

    A judge today ruled that David Mitchell must serve a whole life term in prison for the gruesome murder of Robert Hind.

    Mitchell, 47, brutally assaulted Hind before strangling him to death after inviting him to his home in Huddersfield on December 11, 2013.

    He then went out and bought a hacksaw and a roll of bin bags before dismembering his body in the shower at his home on Manchester Road.

    Mitchell then dumped Hind's head, torso and limbs in and around a canal near to his home.

    After being arrested for the attack Mitchell told police he had reacted in temper when Hind told him he was HIV positive after they had had sex.

    The court heard Hind, 46, was openly gay and had begun a homosexual relationship with Mitchell when they met at a bail hostel in Dewsbury.

    They had both been staying there while on licence from prison.

    Hind was on licence after serving a period in prison for sex offences against boys under 16.

    Mitchell committed the killing just 115 days after being released from prison on licence for murdering his girlfriend, Kathleen McKenzie, in 1990.

    He served 23 years of a life sentence for the killing in which he tied his partner's arms and legs together before drowning her in a bath.

    He then put her body in an alcove in the cellar of his home and tried to conceal it using plywood.

    Mr Justice Globe ordered that the double killer spend the rest of his life in prison.

    He said: "In my judgement the facts leave me in no doubt that the seriousness of the defendant's offending is exceptionally high and the requirements of just punishment and retribution make a whole life order the just penalty."

    Referring to the killing of Hind and the impact the death has had on his family, the judge said: "The facts of the offence have been gruesome and they have produced great misery, long standing nightmares and heartache."

    Graham Reeds QC, prosecuting, said Mitchell was released from prison on 19 August 2013 and was moved to the hostel on Albion Street where he met Hind.

    Mr Reeds said Hind was openly gay and open about the fact that he was HIV positive.

    The attack happened after Mitchell had moved out of the hostel to a property in Huddersfield.

    Police found CCTV footage from the day of the attack showing the two men travelling back to the area where Mitchell lived and buying alcohol from a supermarket.

    After killing Hind, Mitchell went to a Wilkinson's store and bought a hacksaw and a roll of bin bags before dismembering the body, cutting off the head and limbs from the torso.

    Police went to Mitchell's property after Hind had failed to return to the hostel. Before he left he had told people he was going to meet Mitchell.

    Officers noted that Mitchell's home had been extensively cleaned but found a spot of blood on the bathroom wall.

    Mitchell was arrested and told police where the body parts could be recovered.

    The killer then claimed he had attacked Hind in temper when he told him he had full blown AIDS as they were laid in bed.

    Mr Reeds said the prosecution disputed Mitchell's account because he would have known about Hind's condition for a considerable period of time before the attack.

    Peter Killen, mitigating, said Mitchell no longer disputed the prosecution case.

    Mitchell was sentenced in his absence after refusing to come to court. He had also refused to leave his prison cell to attend on previous occasions.

    http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/...anal-1-7138591
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    Man jailed for life over Brixton stabbing murder



    A man who killed his ex-wife and seriously injured two other women, including his ex-girlfriend, in a "ferocious stabbing spree" has been jailed for life.

    Desmond Brooks, 42, stabbed the three women, two while children were present, in Brixton, on 29 July 2013.

    Brooks, a Jamaican national, told his victims they were "nagging" and "disrespecting" him.

    At the Old Bailey, he was ordered to serve a minimum of 29 years in prison.

    Brooks pleaded guilty to murdering Keisha McKenzie, 28, and was jailed for 19 years for the attempted murder of his ex-girlfriend Joan Wade, then aged 46.

    He also received 12 years for inflicting grievous bodily harm on his sister-in-law, who was 17 at the time. He attacked the three women over the course of 35 minutes, the court heard.

    Brooks said to his ex-girlfriend: "You think I'm playing? I'm going to kill you." He then attacked her as she lay on the sofa in a flat they shared, in front of a child.

    Ms Wade fled to her balcony, where neighbours and passers-by watched him chopping and slashing at her with a meat cleaver and a kitchen knife.

    Two of her fingers were chopped off as she tried to protect herself and her lip and tongue were sliced through.

    Afterwards, armed with another knife, Brooks went to the nearby house of his ex-wife.

    As she answered the door, he began stabbing her. She died at the scene from 42 separate injuries, a post-mortem examination showed.

    Ms McKenzie's 17-year-old sister jumped on his back and tried to stop him and then locked herself in the bathroom with a child who was screaming.

    Judge Stephen Kramer QC heard Brooks, who has 10 convictions for cannabis offences since he arrived in the UK in 2002, then battered the bathroom door down and stabbed her repeatedly in the head.

    Later that evening, he got on a bus and asked the driver to flag down the first police he saw. He told police: "I want to hand myself in. I killed my wife. I cannot take it any more."

    Judge Kramer said: "Over the period of about an hour, you engaged in a stabbing spree properly said to be of extreme violence and ferocity.

    "The catalogue of injuries inflicted is truly appalling."

    He said the two surviving women had been left permanently disfigured.

    Following the trial, the family of Ms McKenzie and her sister said they were "satisfied to finally have some justice."

    They added: "We have lost Keisha forever but no amount of years will bring back the loving mother and bubbly, smiley daughter, auntie and sister that we all knew and loved."

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    Fetcham murders: Viktoras Bruzas jailed for life



    A builder who murdered a property developer and his wife has been jailed for life.

    Patrick and Gillian Kettyle were found with stab wounds at their house in Fetcham, Surrey, on 27 November last year.

    The Old Bailey was told Viktoras Bruzas, 39, believed his ex-wife was having an affair with Mr Kettyle and carried out a revenge attack.

    The Lithuanian national, who admitted two counts of murder, was ordered to serve a minimum of 33 years in prison.

    He changed his plea on Wednesday after denying the charges at a previous hearing.

    The Kettyles, who were both in their 50s and known as Pat and Gilly, were described as the "most fantastic parents" and a couple who "dearly loved" each other.

    Bruzas, from Walton-on-Thames, attacked Mr Kettyle with a kitchen knife in a "particularly brutal" manner because he blamed him for "ruining his life" and the failure of his marriage, according to prosecutor Alan Kent QC.

    The Old Bailey heard it was likely that Mrs Kettyle was stabbed as she tried to protect her husband.

    The pair's teenage son, who cannot be named for legal reasons, hid after being woken by screaming and shouting and held the handle of his door when the killer approached his bedroom.

    But the court heard Bruzas told the boy through the closed door: "I have no issue with you, boy, or your mother. It's Patrick, he's ruined my life. I'm not scared of prison."

    Mr Kent told the court: "On that evening he left his flat armed with a knife, intending to take the ultimate revenge, and that's what he did.

    "The victims were a perfectly normal middle-aged couple who were, in their own home, murdered by this defendant.

    "Patrick Kettyle was clearly a very charming man. It seems the defendant's wife began to talk to Patrick Kettyle about the state of her marriage.

    "She would complain that the defendant was a violent and controlling man and had been that way throughout their marriage," added Mr Kent.

    Bruzas learnt of "flirtations" after he logged into his wife's email account.

    He made threats against the property developer several months before the murders and was issued with a police notice.

    On one occasion he drove to Mr Kettyle's house in the early hours and shouted: "Why are you trying to take my wife away from me?"

    He also emailed him saying, "My family going to sort out."

    Surrey Police launched a manhunt for Bruzas, who was thought to have fled to West Sussex, following the discovery of the couple's bodies.

    The court was told he asked officers, "How long do you get for murder in this country?", when he was caught driving his car through the nearby village of Oxshott 18 hours later.

    Sentencing him, Mr Justice Spencer told Bruzas he had carried out the murders "in cold blood."

    "You were in the house for just six minutes but in that short time you snuffed out two precious lives and ruined the lives of many more people for ever."

    Detective Chief Inspector Mark Preston said: "This deeply saddening incident has been devastating for the family and friends of Patrick and Gillian and left the close-knit community of Fetcham in shock.

    "I welcome today's guilty plea and lengthy custodial sentence and I hope that it will bring some form of closure to the family.

    "I would like to recognise all the officers and staff who worked tirelessly on the operation to find and capture Bruzas as quickly as possible and on the murder investigation itself to ensure he was brought to justice."

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    Pennie Davis murder: Men jailed for life

    Two men have been jailed for life for the "savage, pre-planned" murder of a woman found dead in a horse paddock.


    Justin Robertson and Benjamin Carr

    Justin Robertson, 36, was paid £1,500 by Benjamin Carr, 22, to "silence" his former stepmother Pennie Davis after a long-running feud between the pair.

    Robertson had denied murder but was convicted after a six-week trial. He was ordered to serve a minimum of 32 years in prison.

    Carr, from Southampton, was convicted of conspiracy to murder and will serve a minimum of 30 years.

    Co-defendant Samantha Maclean, 28, of Beech Crescent, Hythe, was found not guilty of the same charge at Winchester Crown Court.

    Robertson, of no fixed address, had been paid by Carr to attack Mrs Davis on 2 September last year over fears she would disrupt his father's wedding to his new partner.

    Mother-of-five Mrs Davis, 47, was found dead by her new husband in a field at Leygreen Farm near Beaulieu in the New Forest, where she had been tending to her horses.

    She had been stabbed 14 times in an attack described by trial judge Mr Justice Popplewell as "particularly brutal."

    During the trial, jurors heard Carr, the son of Mrs Davis' ex-lover, hired Robertson to kill her.

    She had threatened to go back to police over sexual assault allegations first made against him when he was 14, the court was told.

    It was part of a long-running feud between the pair.

    The court heard Mrs Davis had been caught having sex with a former partner by Benjamin Carr while she was in a relationship with his father.

    Carr's father Timothy was due to marry last summer and Mrs Davis messaged his fiancée on Facebook, telling her about the allegations she had first made almost 10 years before.

    His son feared Mrs Davis would go back to police about the historical sexual abuse and conspired with Robertson to kill her.

    Robertson's girlfriend, Lian Doyle, 24, also of Beech Crescent, Hythe, pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice.

    In a statement, Mrs Davis's family said: "The people responsible for our mum's brutal murder have been convicted, but we cannot celebrate.

    "It is not them, but us, Pennie's family, who have been given the real life sentence. The life of someone precious to us as a mother, daughter, wife and sister has gone and can't be replaced."

    Speaking outside court, Detective Superintendent Paul Barton, of Hampshire Police, said: "Pennie was a loving mother who doted on all her children and was just starting a new chapter in her life with husband Pete."

    John Montague, of the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "This is a tragic case where a mother-of-five who had just remarried died from a savage pre-planned execution.

    "Her husband, Peter, made the terrible discovery when he found her dead near the horses that she loved so much.

    "Our thoughts are with him, Mrs Davis' children and extended family."

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-32398463






    R v JUSTIN ROBERTSON AND BEN CARR

    WINCHESTER CROWN COURT

    21 APRIL 2015

    SENTENCING REMARKS OF THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE POPPLEWELL


    Pennie Davis was newly married for only three months when she was stabbed to death as she tended her horses in a field in the New Forest last September. It was a brutal attack in which at least 10 blows were struck.

    It was a contract killing. Justin Robertson, aged 36, was the killer.

    Ben Carr, aged 22, recruited him to carry out the murder.

    Ben Carr was incensed at Facebook messages which she had posted two weeks before the killing, in which she threatened to revive allegations first made when she was the partner of Ben Carr's father in 2006. Ben Carr was then aged 14 and living in the family unit with his father and Pennie and her five younger daughters. At that time Pennie Davis accused Ben Carr sexually assaulting two of her daughters, then aged 10 and 12. Those allegations were never investigated. For the purposes of sentencing I proceed on the assumption that they were unfounded. They had made Ben Carr bitter for many years and their revival last summer determined him to silence Pennie Davis for ever.

    The very same day that the Facebook messages were sent, Ben Carr approached Justin Robertson, whom he knew because they were both Class A drug dealers. Justin Robertson is a career criminal with a string of convictions for theft and burglaries. Ben Carr was to pay him £1,500. He persuaded Justin Robertson to kill her not just by paying him money, but by a perversion of the allegations Pennie Davis had made. Ben Carr told Justin Robertson that she was a paedophile, a "nonce" in Justin Robertson's vocabulary, which Ben Carr knew would push a button with Justin Robertson because he hated nonces with a passion. In their twisted minds this was a justification for killing.

    Over the next two weeks Ben Carr and Justin Robertson carefully planned the killing. In the week before hand there were several meetings a day, some in the early hours of the morning, and many communications by phone. Reconnaissance was carried out on her, which included Justin Robertson following her on at least two occasions to the field where she died. They chose it as the location for the murder because of its remoteness and her vulnerability.

    Justin Robertson:

    The sentence which I am required by law to impose upon you for the murder of Pennie Davis is one of life imprisonment. I have to determine the minimum term of imprisonment which you will serve before being eligible to apply to the Parole Board to be considered for release.

    This case falls under paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 21 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 because the seriousness of the offence is particularly high. It was a murder for gain. The starting point is 30 years.

    In your case there are the following aggravating features:

    i. This was a carefully prepared, planned and premeditated murder.

    ii. You targeted a helpless woman alone in a field in a remote location.

    iii. The stabbing was brutal and ferocious, causing no doubt terror and physical suffering before she died.

    iv. You have shown no remorse.

    v. Your conduct in the witness box was deplorable. You were arrogant and offensive. You addressed your victim's family in the public gallery in a way bound to increase their distress. You openly made threats to kill Ben Carr. It was a disgusting and misguided attempt at bravado.

    There are no mitigating features.

    You also fall to be sentenced for another offence for which you were on bail when you carried out this murder. You pleaded guilty to handling stolen goods which were the product of a night time burglary of a florists shop in Gloucestershire in August 2013. The goods in question were greetings cards, picture frames and bunches of roses. Giving full credit for your guilty plea and taking into account your record, I will impose a custodial term for that offence which will run concurrently with the sentence for the murder.

    Taking all these matters into account, the sentence of the Court for the murder is life imprisonment, with a minimum term to be served of 32 years, less 217 days to reflect the period you have spent on remand awaiting trial.

    On the handling charge I impose a concurrent sentence of 4 months' imprisonment.

    The statutory charges apply.

    Ben Carr:

    You have been convicted of conspiracy to murder. I am satisfied from the circumstances of this offence that you are dangerous: you pose a significant risk of causing serious harm by committing further specified offences.

    Your part in this murder was no less culpable than that of Justin Robertson although you did not deliver the fatal blows yourself. It was your plan, for your ends, and I am satisfied that you were an equal partner in planning its execution.

    In accordance with s. 225 Criminal Justice Act 2003, the seriousness of the offence justifies the imposition of a life sentence.

    I am required by law to determine the minimum term of imprisonment which you will serve before being eligible to apply to the Parole Board to be considered for release. In doing so I have regard to terms of Schedule 21 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, although they do not directly apply. In this case it is appropriate that the same considerations should apply to you as would apply if you had carried out the killing yourself. Your share of the blame is no less than that of Justin Robertson.

    In your case there are the same aggravating features I have already identified for Justin Robertson, save for that relating to his conduct in the witness box.

    There is one mitigating factor in your case which is your youth. Its force is tempered by the fact that although you are only 22, you are already a hardened criminal dealing high purity cocaine.

    Taking all these matters into account, the sentence of the Court is life imprisonment with a minimum term of 30 years, less 178 days to reflect the period you have spent on remand awaiting trial.

    The statutory charge applies.
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