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The Peterborough ditch murders were a series of three murders which took place in the United Kingdom in March 2013. All of the victims were male and died from stab wounds. The bodies of all three men were discovered dumped in ditches outside Peterborough. The perpetrator of the murders was Joanna Dennehy, a local woman who was later sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommendation that she never be released. ==Court proceedings== In November 2013, Joanna Dennehy pleaded guilty to all three murders and two further attempted murders. Dennehy's sister Maria was unsurprised by the guilty plea and said, "I think she did that to control the situation. She likes people to know she's the boss." Dennehy has been held at HM Prison Bronzefield where Rosemary West is also being held. Assessing psychiatrists later diagnosed Dennehy with "psychopathic, anti-social and emotional instability disorders" (also known as borderline personality disorder). Two men, Gary Richards (known as Gary Stretch), 47, and Leslie Layton, 36, stood trial charged with a range of crimes assisting Dennehy. Neither agreed to enter the witness box, give sworn evidence or face cross-examination. The jury began considering their verdict on 4 February 2014.〔("Joanna Dennehy alleged accomplices trial jury sent home )", BBC News, 6 February 2014〕〔("Serial killer Joanna Dennehy jury continuing to consider its verdict" ), ''Western Daily Press'', 5 February 2014〕 On 10 February Richards was found guilty of attempted murder. Layton was found guilty of perverting the course of justice.〔("Joanna Dennehy: two men guilty of helping serial killer" ) theguardian.com (Press Association), 10 February 2014〕 On 12 February Layton and Richards were convicted of all other charges.〔("Joanne Dennehy 'not sorry' for Cambridgeshire ditch murders" ), BBC News, 14 February 2014〕 On 28 February 2014 at the Old Bailey, Joanna Dennehy was sentenced to life imprisonment. The trial judge, Mr Justice Spencer, recommended that she should never be released. He said that this was justified due to the premeditation of each murder. Spencer said further that Dennehy was sadomasochistic, and lacked the normal range of human emotions.〔(Joanna Dennehy: serial killer becomes first woman told by judge to die in jail )〕 Dennehy is believed to be one of just three women in the United Kingdom to be told that her life sentence should mean life. The other two confirmed cases are Myra Hindley (now deceased) and Rosemary West.〔Vikram Dodd ("Joanna Dennehy: serial killer becomes first woman told by judge to die in jail" ), ''The Guardian'', 28 February 2014〕 Gary 'Stretch' Richards was also sentenced at the Old Bailey alongside Dennehy to life imprisonment with a recommended minimum term of 19 years. Leslie Layton was sentenced to a total of 14 years, and Robert Moore, 55, who admitted to assisting an offender received a three-year prison sentence.〔(Spree killer Joanne Dennehy 'had sadistic lust for blood' )〕 The ("Timeline of police Operation Darcy into murders of three Peterborough men from 2013" ) from the ("Peterborough Telegraph" ) newspaper lists a timeline of dates, locations and events between March 2013 until February 2014 tracing the murders of Kevin Lee, Lucasz Slaboszewski and John Chapman in Peterborough and the subsequent court case. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peterborough ditch murders」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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