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'Sadistic' child killer sentenced Killer rapist must serve 35 years
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A convicted rapist found guilty of sexually assaulting and then murdering his neighbour's 14-year-old daughter is to be sentenced later. A convicted rapist who murdered a 14-year-old girl in a frenzied attack at her home has been told he must serve at least 35 years in prison.
Zuzanna Zommer's body was found by her parents at their home in Compton Row, Leeds, with her throat cut and skull fractured last October. Michael Clark, 40, was given a life sentence at Sheffield Crown Court for the murder of Polish teenager Zuzanna Zommer in Leeds last October.
Michael Clark, 40, of the same street, attacked Zuzanna two months after her family arrived from Poland. Clark attacked Zuzanna two months after her family arrived from Poland.
After the killing, he spent the day at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, jurors heard. Her body was found by her parents at their home in Compton Row with her throat cut and skull fractured.
The judge at Sheffield Crown Court, Mr Justice King, said on Thursday he would sentence Clark on Friday. She had also been sexually assaulted.
Prosecutor Adrian Waterman QC, told the court he would be proposing the judge sentences Clark on the basis the murder was "sexual, sadistic and involving a child". He is without doubt an extremely dangerous sexual predator Det Supt Bill Shackleton
Solvent abuser The judge, Mr Justice King, told Clark he had considered imposing a so-called whole life tariff which would have meant him never having the possibility of being released.
Clark lived two doors from the Zommer family and befriended them when they moved in. But the judge said he had decided instead he must serve at least 35 years before he is considered for parole.
The judge said: "No words of mine could express the grief, distress and profound sense of loss caused by your actions to the Zommer family.
"These were truly wicked acts. You have shown no remorse.
"Your victim was particularly vulnerable. She was 14. Your attack was particularly brutal and frenzied."
Jurors were told Clark, who was convicted of rape in 1991, had befriended the Zommer family when they moved into his street.
The girl had moved to Leeds from Poland with her family
But not long afterwards, his behaviour began to worry Zuzanna's father.But not long afterwards, his behaviour began to worry Zuzanna's father.
On 1 October 2007, the day she was killed, Zuzanna's parents had gone to find work in Leeds city centre, leaving her at home. On the day she was killed, Zuzanna's parents had gone out to find work in Leeds city centre, leaving her at home.
Solvent abuser Clark later told the police he had an alibi, insisting he was in a post office collecting benefits at the time of the murder, but officers disproved it.Solvent abuser Clark later told the police he had an alibi, insisting he was in a post office collecting benefits at the time of the murder, but officers disproved it.
The court heard that after killing Zuzanna, Clark had driven to Blackpool , where he had gone on several rides at the Pleasure Beach. After the hearing, Det Supt Bill Shackleton, from West Yorkshire Police, said, "The Zommer family had only been in England for a few weeks when Zuzanna was brutally murdered by Michael Clark.
Nightclub rape "Clark has a history of violent sexual offences as was heard during the trial.
One of the knives used to kill her was found in a bin at her home along with a chocolate bar wrapper, which prosecutors said Clark had eaten. "He is without doubt an extremely dangerous sexual predator. The sentence he received today will ensure that he will no longer present a danger to the public."
The court heard how Clark was convicted in 1991 of raping a woman he met in a nightclub and how he had subjected that woman to a sexual assault.
In 1998, he was convicted of indecent assault and affray after he attacked a woman who managed to escape from him by smashing a window.
In 2003 he was also found guilty of attacking a prostitute.
On Thursday, the jury of five women and seven men found Clark guilty of one count of murder and another of assault by penetration.