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| A man has been jailed for 10 years for killing a teenage lap dancer. | A man has been jailed for 10 years for killing a teenage lap dancer. |
| Adelle Hamilton, 18, suffocated after being robbed, tied up and gagged at her flat in Forest Hill, south London, in 2001, the Old Bailey heard. | Adelle Hamilton, 18, suffocated after being robbed, tied up and gagged at her flat in Forest Hill, south London, in 2001, the Old Bailey heard. |
| Calvin Berry, 36, was found guilty of manslaughter and conspiracy to rob. After her death he fled to America but was extradited in 2006. | Calvin Berry, 36, was found guilty of manslaughter and conspiracy to rob. After her death he fled to America but was extradited in 2006. |
| The court heard how Berry and his girlfriend Crystal Whilby hired two men to rob and tie up Miss Hamilton. | The court heard how Berry and his girlfriend Crystal Whilby hired two men to rob and tie up Miss Hamilton. |
| Adelle Hamilton died a dreadful death - almost beyond thinking about. Judge Peter Beaumont Killed by greed and envy | |
| Miss Hamilton worked as a lap dancer at the Spearmint Rhino nightclub in Colnbrook, near Heathrow airport, at the time of her death. | Miss Hamilton worked as a lap dancer at the Spearmint Rhino nightclub in Colnbrook, near Heathrow airport, at the time of her death. |
| Her neighbour Whilby had been her friend, but she became jealous after Miss Hamilton saved £18,000 to enable her to start a business and move to Cornwall with her boyfriend. | Her neighbour Whilby had been her friend, but she became jealous after Miss Hamilton saved £18,000 to enable her to start a business and move to Cornwall with her boyfriend. |
| Berry and Whilby recruited Christopher Howell and Orlando Francis to ambush and rob her in her flat on 12 July 2001. | Berry and Whilby recruited Christopher Howell and Orlando Francis to ambush and rob her in her flat on 12 July 2001. |
| Two weeks later Miss Hamilton's father Michael discovered her partly-decomposed body tied to her bed. | |
| Berry fled to America after the death, but was extradited last year | |
| Michael Hamilton told the court: "The people who killed Adelle thought she had something that they wanted. They thought they had a right to take it." | Michael Hamilton told the court: "The people who killed Adelle thought she had something that they wanted. They thought they had a right to take it." |
| Mr Hamilton added: "The killing of my daughter has hurt me to the core." | Mr Hamilton added: "The killing of my daughter has hurt me to the core." |
| Sentencing Berry, Judge Peter Beaumont said: "Adelle Hamilton died a dreadful death - almost beyond thinking about." | Sentencing Berry, Judge Peter Beaumont said: "Adelle Hamilton died a dreadful death - almost beyond thinking about." |
| An illegal immigrant originally from Jamaica, Berry was also recommended for deportation. | An illegal immigrant originally from Jamaica, Berry was also recommended for deportation. |
| Whilby was cleared of manslaughter but convicted of conspiracy to rob and jailed for six years in 2002. | Whilby was cleared of manslaughter but convicted of conspiracy to rob and jailed for six years in 2002. |
| That same year Howell, 30, of Islington, north London, and Francis, 25, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and conspiracy to rob and were jailed for eight years each. | That same year Howell, 30, of Islington, north London, and Francis, 25, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and conspiracy to rob and were jailed for eight years each. |