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| Aldi worker murder: Man jailed for 30 years for Jodie Willsher killing | Aldi worker murder: Man jailed for 30 years for Jodie Willsher killing |
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| A man who stabbed to death his ex-partner's daughter at an Aldi supermarket has been jailed for at least 30 years. | 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 30-year-old mother-of-one Jodie Willsher in Skipton, North Yorkshire, four days before Christmas. | |
| 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. | The judge told Hord it was highly probable he would never be released. |
| 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. | 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. |
| Read more on this and other Yorkshire stories | Read more on this and other Yorkshire stories |
| 'Rotten to the core' | '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. | 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 planned and he had also armed himself with an axe. | After his arrest, Hord told police the attack was 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." |
| Mr Moulson said Hord, of Great Horton Road, Bradford, told police Mrs Willsher had "made things very difficult" in his relationship with her mother. | |
| 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". | |
| 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 before he stabbed her. |
| The court heard how a previous partner confirmed Hord threatened to kill her and her young son if she left him. | |
| She said he told her: "I'll chop the pair of you up and bury you on the moors." | |
| Police found the cross-bow in Hord's vehicle in the Aldi car park along with 50 bolts, a large amount of diesel and cable ties. | |
| Sentencing Hord, Judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC said: "You are a monster, Mr Hord." | |
| 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 in court, Mrs Willsher's husband Malcolm said his life and that of his daughter, Megan, had been ripped apart. |
| He said: "I have to explain it to Megan who then says to me 'I hate you daddy for not bringing mummy back. You're not trying hard enough'. | |
| "She then says 'daddy, can't I have a brother or sister any more' or 'won't mummy ever be a granny now?'. | |
| "How do you deal with that?" | |
| 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 his wife and daughter had an "unbreakable bond" and described how Megan had been excited about them opening Christmas presents together. |
| He said the family had planned to leave on a dream trip to Disneyland on Boxing Day - five days after his wife was murdered. | |
| Mr Willsher added: "I'm so scared he'll get out and do something to Megan." | 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. | 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. | "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." | "No sentence could ever compensate for their loss." |