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| Richard Kray sentenced for killing daughter Olivia | Richard Kray sentenced for killing daughter Olivia |
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| A father has been sentenced for strangling his daughter in a caravan and trying to murder her mother. | A father has been sentenced for strangling his daughter in a caravan and trying to murder her mother. |
| Richard Kray, 64, killed Olivia, 19, at Westlands Caravan Park, near Herne Bay in Kent, on 21 July. He then tried to strangle Damyantee Cowan. | Richard Kray, 64, killed Olivia, 19, at Westlands Caravan Park, near Herne Bay in Kent, on 21 July. He then tried to strangle Damyantee Cowan. |
| He admitted manslaughter by diminished responsibility and attempted murder. | He admitted manslaughter by diminished responsibility and attempted murder. |
| The judge at Maidstone Crown Court handed him a 10-year sentence to include treatment for post traumatic stress disorder at a psychiatric unit. | |
| Kray, a mental health worker, said he had "lost the plot" and was at his "wits' end" with his daughter, who had a severe anxiety disorder and had battled mental health problems since the age of 10. | |
| After killing Ms Kray, he went to the nearby home of his ex-partner Ms Cowan and tried to strangle her too, dragging her between rooms. | |
| Ms Cowan managed to break free, and ran out of the house to a police station. | |
| Kray later told police that he "couldn't let her [Olivia] suffer any more". | |
| "I'm at my wits' end for months and months. I know it's no excuse," he said. | |
| The court heard that in the months leading up to the attacks he had told two people, including his sister, that it would be easier to kill them. | |
| Sentencing him, Judge Philip Statman said Kray's ability to form a rational judgment and exercise self-control was "substantially impaired". | |
| "I believe this was a unique set of circumstances very unlikely to be repeated," he added. | |
| "I'm sure in my own mind that every single day, whatever the sentence, he will think of what he has done." | |
| Describing Ms Kray as a "loving and kind girl", he said he had no doubt that Kray loved her and had tried to support her the best he could. | |
| Judge Statman added: "This is not a case where her needs were ignored in any way by you [Kray] or by her doctors and by the NHS as a whole." |