A minimum term of 18 years:
Nigel Malt, 45, reversed his car over his 19-year-old daughter Lauren Malt in West Winch in Norfolk after she tried to protect her boyfriend Arthur Marnell. Malt backed over Lauren, then stopped and drove forward over her body on January 23 this year, after he threatened her partner with a crowbar. Afterwards, the defendant put his daughter's body in the passenger side of his Mercedes car and drove to the shop where the girl's mother, his estranged wife Karen Malt, worked. Karen Malt, fighting back tears as she read her victim impact statement at Norwich Crown Court, said: 'I remember the call saying 'I will bring your daughter over, she's dead'. 'I was screaming 'which one' to him down the phone but he wouldn't tell me.'
Allison Summers KC, mitigating, said: 'Had he not been drinking, it's highly unlikely he would have behaved in the way that he did.'A minimum term of 28 years:
Jamie Crosbie, 48, used two knives and a saw to kill father-of-three Dean Allsop, stabbing him 17 times in their street in Thorpe St Andrew near Norwich after hearing engine noise from Mr Allsop's son's motorbike. Two women who tried to help 41-year-old Mr Allsop - his partner Louise Newell and their friend and neighbour Kerryn Kray, formerly Kerryn Johnson - were also attacked by Crosbie. Police previously released dramatic bodycam footage of his arrest, which showed his reaction to being told that his victim was dead and he was facing a murder charge. He said: 'That makes me happy, that's a good thing, that's the best news I ever heard.'
Elizabeth Marsh KC, for Crosbie, said he had been convicted of "three very serious offences". Miss Marsh said it was a mitigating factor that Crosbie was "provoked" and "taunted" by Mr Allsop and insisted if this had not taken place the murder would not have happened.
I can see no good reason why either of these men should ever see freedom again, how about you, Reader?
And frankly, I wouldn't be sorry if that sentence also applied to their lawyers too.
I would be happy to see these two comitted to prison for the rest of their natural lives, but at least they got fairly long sentances. To me it's the bottom end of the scale that's the biggest issue, where violent offenders just get counselling or something.
ReplyDeleteYou can't blame lawyers though. They may talk a lot of bollocks, but everyone deserves a defence. Arrest isn't guilt. Innocent people do end up in court too