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Man pleads guilty to stabbing woman to death in Aldi Man jailed for 30 years for 'cold-blooded public execution' in Aldi
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A man has admitted stabbing a supermarket worker to death in a “cold-blooded execution” in front of horrified shoppers. A man has been sentenced to at least 30 years in prison for stabbing the daughter of his former partner to death in a “cold-blooded public execution” in an Aldi store.
Neville Hord, 44, pleaded guilty on Thursday to murdering Jodie Willsher at an Aldi store in Skipton, North Yorkshire, on 21 December. Neville Hord, 44, admitted murdering Jodie Willsher in front of shoppers in an attack the judge said was planned to cause “the maximum pain, horror, shock and trauma”.
Willsher, 30, suffered multiple injuries in the attack as customers rushed to pin down and detain Hord before emergency services arrived. Hord was the former partner of Willsher’s mother, Nicole Dinsdale, and the motive was “revenge”, Bradford crown court heard on Thursday.
Prosecutor Peter Moulson QC told Bradford crown court that Hord was the ex-partner of Willsher’s mother, Nicole Dinsdale, and that the killing was “revenge”. Willsher, 30, sustained multiple injuries when she was attacked in the supermarket where she worked in Skipton, North Yorkshire, on 21 December.
He said it was a “cold-blooded public execution perpetrated for the purpose of revenge”. The court heard children were among the witnesses to the attack, as customers rushed to pin down and detain Hord before the emergency services arrived.
The prosecutor said the attack was witnessed by many people, including a child as well as caught on CCTV. Peter Moulson QC, prosecuting, said it was a “cold-blooded public execution perpetrated for the purpose of revenge”.
He said the attack was pre-planned and the defendant also took an axe with him to the supermarket. He said the defendant took an axe with him to the supermarket.
In January Willsher’s husband, Malcolm, and five-year-old daughter Megan led hundreds of mourners at her funeral in Skipton. Sentencing Hord to a minimum of 30 years in prison, the judge, Jonathan Durham Hall QC, told him he was “truly and horribly rotten to the core” and it was highly likely he would never be released.
In a eulogy read to the congregation, Malcolm Willsher said the death of his wife had left a “great hole in our lives” and that she and his daughter were “more than mother and daughter, they were best friends”. “You chose a time and a place to, in effect, execute; to kill; to murder,” the judge told Hord, adding that he had “sentenced her, in your mind, to death”.
During an earlier court hearing, Hord’s family passed a statement to the media expressing their sorrow for the murder. In a statement read to the court, Willsher’s husband, Malcolm, said his life and that of his five-year-old daughter, Megan, had been ripped apart.
It said: “Neville’s family wish to express our sincere condolences to Jodie’s family at what should have been a time of joy and happiness for them. No words can convey our sorrow for this tragic turn of events.” He said mother and daughter had an “unbreakable bond” and Megan had told him: “I hate you Daddy for not bringing Mummy back.”
Colin Breslin, Aldi’s regional managing director, said Willsher was a “much loved and popular colleague”, and that they were all deeply shocked and saddened by her death. He said their daughter had been looking forward to opening her Christmas presents with her mother and the family had a trip to Disneyland planned for Boxing Day. “I’m so scared he’ll get out and do something to Megan,” Malcolm Willsher said.
Hundreds of mourners lined the streets of Skipton for Jodie Willsher’s funeral in January. In a eulogy read to the congregation, Malcolm Willsher said her had left a “great hole in our lives” and she and Megan were “more than mother and daughter; they were best friends”.
During an earlier court hearing, Hord’s family passed a statement to the media that said: “Neville’s family wish to express our sincere condolences to Jodie’s family at what should have been a time of joy and happiness for them. No words can convey our sorrow for this tragic turn of events.”
Colin Breslin, a regional managing director at Aldi, said Willsher was a “much-loved and popular colleague”, and staff were all deeply shocked and saddened by her death.
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