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Killer jailed after concealing victim's body in suitcases | Killer jailed after concealing victim's body in suitcases |
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Ms Netts lived in shared accommodation with Gordon | Ms Netts lived in shared accommodation with Gordon |
A woman who murdered and concealed the dismembered remains of another woman in two suitcases has been jailed. | A woman who murdered and concealed the dismembered remains of another woman in two suitcases has been jailed. |
Gareeca Gordon, 28, admitted killing Phoenix Netts, 28, at the shared accommodation where they lived in Birmingham. | Gareeca Gordon, 28, admitted killing Phoenix Netts, 28, at the shared accommodation where they lived in Birmingham. |
Bristol Crown Court heard Miss Netts was stabbed four times and could have survived her injuries, but Gordon did not call for an ambulance. | Bristol Crown Court heard Miss Netts was stabbed four times and could have survived her injuries, but Gordon did not call for an ambulance. |
Gordon was ordered to serve a minimum term of 23 years and six months. | Gordon was ordered to serve a minimum term of 23 years and six months. |
Instead of calling for an ambulance, she allowed Miss Netts to die in her room, while she carried out internet searches on how to treat a punctured lung. | |
She "deliberately did nothing" to help High Court judge Mrs Justice Cutts said while handing down the sentence. | |
A post-mortem examination found Ms Netts had suffered four stab wounds to the front of her torso but would not have died had she received prompt medical attention. | |
Another woman living in the shared accommodation with Ms Netts and Gordon heard noises of drilling and banging, as well as shouts of "help me, help me", on 16 April. | |
'Forever devastated' | |
The court also heard that Miss Netts and Gordon were friends but Gordon had wanted their relationship to become sexual, which Miss Netts had rejected. | |
Her father Mark Netts told the court in a victim impact statement: "Our lives have been irreversibly changed and the anguish is indescribable." | |
Her mother, Saskia, said she would be "forever devastated, forever empty". | |
Prosecutor Andrew Smith QC, said: "Both statements speak of the profound, understandable and enduring loss experienced through the loss of a much loved daughter with whom they expected to share the next chapter of her life." | |
Impersonation tactics | |
After the murder, Gordon tried to impersonate Miss Netts by using her mobile phone to send messages to her friends and parents for weeks claiming she was safe and well. | |
These actions caused further anguish to her parents who were unknowingly in direct contact with their daughter's murderer, the court heard. | |
She also created new email addresses purporting to belong to the victim. | |
Gordon, 28, previously pleaded guilty to murder at a hearing at Bristol Crown Court on 21 April. |