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| Child killer Robert Black jailed for 25 years minimum | Child killer Robert Black jailed for 25 years minimum |
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| Serial child killer Robert Black has been told he must serve a minimum of 25 years in jail for kidnapping and murdering schoolgirl Jennifer Cardy. | |
| In October, 64-year-old Black was found guilty of snatching Jennifer as she cycled to a friend's house in Ballinderry, County Antrim, in 1981. | |
| Jennifer was nine years old when she disappeared. | Jennifer was nine years old when she disappeared. |
| Black, originally from Grangemouth in Scotland, is serving life in prison for the murders of three other children. | Black, originally from Grangemouth in Scotland, is serving life in prison for the murders of three other children. |
| In August 1981, Black was working as a delivery driver for a London-based poster company. | In August 1981, Black was working as a delivery driver for a London-based poster company. |
| This role brought him to the Lisburn area on 12 August, the day Jennifer went missing. | This role brought him to the Lisburn area on 12 August, the day Jennifer went missing. |
| Black was automatically given another life sentence when he was convicted of killing Jennifer and on Thursday the minimum tariff was set at 25 years. | Black was automatically given another life sentence when he was convicted of killing Jennifer and on Thursday the minimum tariff was set at 25 years. |
| Jennifer's parents heard Mr Justice Weatherup tell their daughter's killer he would be at least 89 before he would be considered for release. | |
| "Your crime was particularly serious," he said. | |
| "You subjected a vulnerable child to unpardonable terror and took away her life." | |
| Earlier the court heard Black's own lawyer offer no plea for mercy. | |
| David Spens QC told the judge: "This is one of those rare cases in which there is no mitigation and so I propose to say nothing in that regard." | |
| Prosecution barrister Toby Hedworth QC had argued that Black should face a whole life term, given his other killings. | |
| In November, Black's legal team said they would be appealing against his conviction for kidnapping and murdering the County Antrim schoolgirl. | |
| Black is already serving multiple life sentences in Wakefield prison in England. | Black is already serving multiple life sentences in Wakefield prison in England. |
| Jennifer's murder was the fourth for which Black has been convicted. | Jennifer's murder was the fourth for which Black has been convicted. |
| In 1994, he was found guilty of three unsolved child murders in the 1980s - those of 11-year-old Susan Maxwell, from the Scottish Borders, five-year-old Caroline Hogg, from Edinburgh, and Sarah Harper, 10, from Morley, near Leeds. | In 1994, he was found guilty of three unsolved child murders in the 1980s - those of 11-year-old Susan Maxwell, from the Scottish Borders, five-year-old Caroline Hogg, from Edinburgh, and Sarah Harper, 10, from Morley, near Leeds. |
| Detectives in Devon are reviewing the evidence against Black in connection with the disappearance of another schoolgirl, Genette Tate. | |
| The 13-year-old went missing while doing her paper round in a Devon village on 19 August 1978. |