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Man jailed for 30 years over Aldi murder Aldi worker murder: Man jailed for 30 years for Jodie Willsher killing
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A man has been jailed for at least 30 years for stabbing to death a woman at an Aldi supermarket. A man who stabbed to death his ex-partner's daughter at an Aldi supermarket has been jailed for at least 30 years.
Neville Hord, 44, pleaded guilty to murdering Jodie Willsher at the store where she worked in Skipton, North Yorkshire, on 21 December. Neville Hord, 44, pleaded guilty to murdering 30-year-old mother of one Jodie Willsher in Skipton, North Yorkshire, four days before Christmas.
The 30-year-old mother of one died from injuries to the chest and abdomen inflicted during the knife attack. Bradford Crown Court heard it was "cold-blooded public execution" carried out "for the purpose of revenge".
Bradford Crown Court heard it was a "cold-blooded public execution" carried out "for the purpose of revenge". The judge told Hord it was highly probable he would never be released.
Prosecutor Peter Moulson QC told the court Hord was the ex-partner of Mrs Willsher's mother, Nicole Dinsdale. Prosecutor Peter Moulson, QC, told the court Hord, who was the ex-partner of Mrs Willsher's mother, Nicole Dinsdale, stabbed the Aldi employee several times before he was restrained.
He said the attack, which was caught of CCTV and witnessed by many people - including a child, was pre-planned and that Hord had also taken an axe with him. Read more on this and other Yorkshire stories
'Rotten to the core'
Mrs Willsher died from wounds to her chest and abdomen inflicted during the attack - which was witnessed by horrified Christmas shoppers, including a child.
After his arrest, Hord told police the attack was pre-planned and he had also armed himself with an axe.
Judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC told Hord he was "truly and horribly rotten to the core".Judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC told Hord he was "truly and horribly rotten to the core".
He added: "You chose a time and a place to, in effect, execute, to kill, to murder."He added: "You chose a time and a place to, in effect, execute, to kill, to murder."
Mrs Willsher was stabbed several times before Hord was stopped and restrained by members of the public. Mr Moulson said Hord, of Great Horton Road, Bradford, told police: "Jodie made things very difficult in my and her mother's relationship."
Mr Moulson said Hord told police: "Jodie made things very difficult in my and her mother's relationship." He said the defendant admitted putting a tracking device on Mrs Willsher's car and planned the killing for two weeks, buying a pistol crossbow as an "option weapon" and taking the axe as "back up".
He said the defendant admitted putting a tracking device on Mrs Willsher's car and had been planning the killing for two weeks, buying a pistol crossbow as an "option weapon" and taking the axe as "back up". Hord admitted he went to the store to kill Mrs Willsher and told officers he thought she had smiled at him before he stabbed her.
Hord admitted he went to the store to kill Mrs Willsher and told officers he thought she had smiled at him as they made eye contact before he stabbed her, the prosecution said. In a statement read in court, Mrs Willsher's husband Malcolm said his life and that of his daughter, Megan, had been ripped apart.
In a statement read to the court, Mrs Willsher's husband Malcolm said his life and that of his daughter, Megan, had been ripped apart. He said his wife and daughter had an "unbreakable bond" and described how Megan had been excited about them opening Christmas presents together.
He said Jodie and her daughter had an "unbreakable bond" and described how Megan had been looking forward to opening her Christmas presents with her mother. He said the family had planned to leave on a dream trip to Disneyland on Boxing Day, five days after his wife was murdered.
At an earlier hearing, Hord's family passed a statement to the media via his lawyers in which they expressed their "sincere condolences" to the Willsher family and added: "No words can convey our sorrow for this tragic turn of events." Mr Willsher added: "I'm so scared he'll get out and do something to Megan."
Det Ch Insp Mark Pearson, of the Cleveland and North Yorkshire major investigation team, said: "Neville Hord planned and carried out a horrific attack on Jodie Willsher while she was working in a busy supermarket in the run-up to Christmas.
"His terrible actions have devastated a family, leaving a mother without a daughter, a husband without a wife and a young girl without her mother.
"No sentence could ever compensate for their loss."