Joanna Dennehy given whole-life jail sentence for triple murder
 Serial killer laughs in dock as judge describes her as 'cruel, calculating, malicious and manipulative' Joanna Dennehy has been given a whole-life prison sentence for killing three men and attempting to murder two more. She laughed in the dock as the judge said she was "a cruel, calculating, malicious and manipulative serial killer". Dennehy admitted murdering warehouse worker Lukasz Slaboszewski, 31, her landlord and boss Kevin Lee, 48, and her housemate John Chapman, 56, in and around Peterborough over a 10-day period. She also pleaded guilty to the attempted murders of two strangers, John Rogers and Robin Bereza, and preventing the lawful and decent burial of her victims. Her accomplices Gary Stretch and Leslie Layton, who were convicted this month of offences related to her killing spree, are due to be sentenced later. Stretch, 47, was found guilty of the attempted murder of Bereza, while Layton, 36, was convicted of preventing the lawful burial of two murder victims. Prosecutors said the men "revelled in bringing suffering and misery upon their victims and showed no remorse for their atrocious acts". During the trial of her accomplices, Dennehy, from Peterborough, was compared to a character in a Shakespearean tragedy in which an evil deed triggered a series of other violent crimes. She enjoyed the notoriety of being Britain's most wanted person, and while on the run she compared herself and Stretch to the US robbers Bonnie and Clyde. A long-term user of drugs and alcohol who sometimes turned to prostitution to fund her habit, she drifted around East Anglia, served time in prison and received some treatment for mental health problems. She has been diagnosed as suffering from paraphilia sadomasochism, a condition in which sexual excitement is derived from pain and humiliation. Prosecutors said she "cast a spell" over her accomplices and some of her victims as she killed "for fun". After the Peterborough killings, Dennehy and Stretch drove 140 miles across the country to Hereford where she randomly selected and repeatedly stabbed Bereza and Rogers while they were walking dogs in the street. Both survived despite suffering critical injuries. theguardian.com © 2014 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds |
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