While on the run, she compared herself and Stretch to the US robbers Bonnie and Clyde. She was said to have revelled in the violence and enjoyed the notoriety of being Britain's most wanted person.
GARY STRETCH TRIAL
Photograph: Cambridgeshire Police/PAĭuring the trial of her accomplices Dennehy, from Peterborough, was compared to a character in a Shakespearean tragedy in which an evil deed – her first killing – triggers a series of other violent crimes. Though slight, she had a reputation as someone not to cross. Joanna Dennehy posing with a knife shortly after some of the murders. The fact that Leslie Layton photographed one of the deceased victims is testament to the warped nature of these crimes and those that committed them." They revelled in bringing suffering and misery upon their victims and showed no remorse for their atrocious acts. I am relieved she is facing a substantial period of time behind bars."Ĭhris McCann, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "Stretch, Layton and Moore were in the thrall of triple-murderer Joanna Dennehy. She manipulated these men into doing things she wanted. "Joanna Dennehy is a sadistic 'serial killer' with a fearsome personality.
Today their killer and her willing accomplices have now been brought to justice. DCI Martin Brunning, who led the investigation, said after the hearing: "Three men were brutally murdered in Peterborough and two men were stabbed in West Mercia. Prosecutors said the men, who had already been found guilty of other offences relating to Dennehy's attacks, "revelled in bringing suffering and misery upon their victims and showed no remorse for their atrocious acts".Īll three await sentencing along with Robert Moore, 55, from Peterborough, who previously admitted assisting an offender. Stretch, 47, was found guilty on Wednesday at Cambridge crown court of the attempted murder of Bereza, while Layton, 36, was convicted of preventing the lawful burial of two murder victims. Dennehy, 31, one of the UK's most high-profile killers, had previously pleaded guilty to the murders as well as admitting the attempted murders of two dog-walkers, John Rogers and Robin Bereza, who were strangers to her, and preventing the lawful and decent burial of her victims.
0 kommentar(er)
