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| 'Bucket list' killer Jemma Lilley gets 28 years for murder | 'Bucket list' killer Jemma Lilley gets 28 years for murder |
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| A woman who had an "obsession" with serial killers and had murder on her "bucket list" has been jailed for killing a teenager. | |
| Jemma Lilley, previously of Stamford, Lincolnshire, garrotted, stabbed and buried Aaron Pajich at her home in Perth, Australia. | |
| The 26-year-old was convicted alongside housemate Trudi Lenon at the Supreme Court of Western Australia in November. | The 26-year-old was convicted alongside housemate Trudi Lenon at the Supreme Court of Western Australia in November. |
| The pair have been sentenced to life with a minimum jail term of 28 years. | The pair have been sentenced to life with a minimum jail term of 28 years. |
| Lilley said she wanted to kill someone before she turned 25, prosecutor James McTaggart told the court during a four-week trial last year. | Lilley said she wanted to kill someone before she turned 25, prosecutor James McTaggart told the court during a four-week trial last year. |
| Once she had ticked murder from her "bucket list" she was so "full of herself and euphoric" that she could not help boasting to a work colleague, Mr McTaggart said. | Once she had ticked murder from her "bucket list" she was so "full of herself and euphoric" that she could not help boasting to a work colleague, Mr McTaggart said. |
| She had previously written a book about a serial killer called SOS and went on to assume the identity of the character, the jury heard. | She had previously written a book about a serial killer called SOS and went on to assume the identity of the character, the jury heard. |
| Speaking to The Times after the conviction, Lilley's stepmother, Nina Lilley, 48, said: "The book was a big problem with me. At the beginning I was 'fair enough you want to write a horror story', but I didn't like the contents of it. | Speaking to The Times after the conviction, Lilley's stepmother, Nina Lilley, 48, said: "The book was a big problem with me. At the beginning I was 'fair enough you want to write a horror story', but I didn't like the contents of it. |
| "She had always had an obsession with serial killers but she said it was a way of venting her frustration of what happened when she was a child." | "She had always had an obsession with serial killers but she said it was a way of venting her frustration of what happened when she was a child." |
| The victim was lured to his death on June 13 2016 and buried in a shallow grave covered with concrete and tiles, with both defendants blaming each other for the killing. | The victim was lured to his death on June 13 2016 and buried in a shallow grave covered with concrete and tiles, with both defendants blaming each other for the killing. |
| Lenon, 43, told the court Lilley approached the teenager from behind as he installed games on her computer, garroted him until the wire broke then stabbed him three times. | Lenon, 43, told the court Lilley approached the teenager from behind as he installed games on her computer, garroted him until the wire broke then stabbed him three times. |
| Aaron's mother Sharon Pajich said Lilley and Lenon were "disgusting animals" who should never be released. | Aaron's mother Sharon Pajich said Lilley and Lenon were "disgusting animals" who should never be released. |
| The pair were sentenced on Wednesday. | The pair were sentenced on Wednesday. |