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Hayley Dodd murder: Francis John Wark jailed for life | Hayley Dodd murder: Francis John Wark jailed for life |
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Western Australian teenager lured into ute and murdered near Badgingarra in 1999 | |
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Tue 30 Jan 2018 05.42 GMT | |
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A rapist who murdered the Western Australian teenager Hayley Dodd has been jailed for life with a minimum of 21 years. | A rapist who murdered the Western Australian teenager Hayley Dodd has been jailed for life with a minimum of 21 years. |
Francis John Wark, 61, was granted a judge-alone trial in the WA supreme court last year and was convicted last week by Justice Lindy Jenkins. | Francis John Wark, 61, was granted a judge-alone trial in the WA supreme court last year and was convicted last week by Justice Lindy Jenkins. |
He showed no emotion as Jenkins sentenced him on Tuesday. | He showed no emotion as Jenkins sentenced him on Tuesday. |
Hayley, 17, was last seen walking along a road near rural Badgingarra, where Wark had lived for 15 years, on 29 July 1999. | Hayley, 17, was last seen walking along a road near rural Badgingarra, where Wark had lived for 15 years, on 29 July 1999. |
Wark lured Hayley into a ute between 11.40am and 12.10pm, murdered her and disposed of her body before 1.36pm when he paid an account at Badgingarra roadhouse while riding his motorcycle to Perth. | Wark lured Hayley into a ute between 11.40am and 12.10pm, murdered her and disposed of her body before 1.36pm when he paid an account at Badgingarra roadhouse while riding his motorcycle to Perth. |
Prosecutor Amanda Burrows said on Tuesday that Hayley’s family would never get the peace they sought without a body and described the teenager’s murder as “every parent’s worst nightmare”. | Prosecutor Amanda Burrows said on Tuesday that Hayley’s family would never get the peace they sought without a body and described the teenager’s murder as “every parent’s worst nightmare”. |
“She was tiny in stature … she was a young girl walking on an isolated, rural road,” she said. “She was abducted, assaulted and disposed of in a way that she was never to be found again.” | “She was tiny in stature … she was a young girl walking on an isolated, rural road,” she said. “She was abducted, assaulted and disposed of in a way that she was never to be found again.” |
Burrows said family members had written eloquent victim impact statements expressing the trauma they had endured over 18 years. | Burrows said family members had written eloquent victim impact statements expressing the trauma they had endured over 18 years. |
Referring to Wark’s rape conviction in Queensland, Burrows said he had not demonstrated rehabilitation and had continued to be a danger to society, especially women. | Referring to Wark’s rape conviction in Queensland, Burrows said he had not demonstrated rehabilitation and had continued to be a danger to society, especially women. |
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Western Australia | |
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