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| Hannah Windsor murder: Boyfriend Adam Lewis jailed | Hannah Windsor murder: Boyfriend Adam Lewis jailed |
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| An 18-year-old who murdered his girlfriend in a "sexual and sadistic" killing has been jailed for life. | An 18-year-old who murdered his girlfriend in a "sexual and sadistic" killing has been jailed for life. |
| Adam Lewis, of Fairmead Road, Moreton, Wirral, tied Hannah Windsor, 17, to a tree on Bidston Hill before attacking and strangling her, on 19 May. | |
| He had denied murder, but changed his plea before his trial was due to begin at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday. | |
| Mr Justice Holroyde ordered him to serve a minimum term of 22 years. | |
| Before sentencing, he told Lewis he was a troubled young man and said he was sure the murder involved both a sexual and a sadistic element. | Before sentencing, he told Lewis he was a troubled young man and said he was sure the murder involved both a sexual and a sadistic element. |
| The court was told on Monday that Hannah, from Birkenhead, and Lewis, who were both diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), had met when they were pupils at a Wirral special school. | |
| The pair had been in a relationship for about seven months before splitting up and reuniting about six weeks before he killed her. | |
| 'Chilling reading' | |
| The court heard Lewis had a mental age of nine or 10 and a personality disorder connected to irrational and violent behaviour. | |
| In the days before the murder, he had been hiding from police after carrying out a burglary during which he started a fire. | |
| He was sleeping in a tent he pitched in a woodland clearing on Bidston Hill, a beauty spot on the outskirts of Birkenhead. | |
| The court was told Hannah had visited police and they knew she was aware of Lewis's whereabouts. | |
| The police warned her not to visit him, but she did and Lewis, who felt she had betrayed him, tortured and killed her. | |
| He tied her to a tree, stabbed and cut her repeatedly and strangled her. | |
| Lewis also pleaded guilty to two counts of assault by penetration. | |
| Mr Justice Holroyde said the evidence of the Home Office Pathologist who examined her body made "chilling reading". |