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| Man jailed for 'brutal' knife murder of his step-grandmother | Man jailed for 'brutal' knife murder of his step-grandmother |
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| A 21-year-old man who admitted murdering his step-grandmother in a "brutal, sustained" knife attack at her home has been jailed for life. | |
| Janis Dundas, 62, was found dead at the house in Atherton Road in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire on 5 April. | Janis Dundas, 62, was found dead at the house in Atherton Road in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire on 5 April. |
| Jack Huxley, of no fixed address, killed her after she had taken him in "out of the goodness of her heart", Liverpool Crown Court heard. | Jack Huxley, of no fixed address, killed her after she had taken him in "out of the goodness of her heart", Liverpool Crown Court heard. |
| He was jailed for life with a minimum tariff of 21 years and eight months. | He was jailed for life with a minimum tariff of 21 years and eight months. |
| Sexually motivated | |
| Mrs Dundas was found by police officers in her bedroom. | |
| She had been stabbed and slashed 28 times. | |
| The court heard Huxley launched "a brutal, sustained, and sexually-motivated" attack upon Mrs Dundas in the bedroom of her flat after accessing "hardcore pornography" which "indicated an interest in material showing sexual activity between young men and mature women". | |
| He used four knives and one carving fork to carry out the murder and also carried on inflicting injuries on his step-grandmother after she had died. | |
| Huxley pleaded guilty to murder on Wednesday. | |
| Sentencing him, the Recorder of Liverpool Judge Clement Goldstone said the killing "plumbed the depths of depravity and brutality". | |
| Det Insp Peter Case from Cheshire Police said after the sentencing hearing: "This was a truly shocking case and Jack Huxley has shown no remorse throughout this investigation. | |
| "The level of violence used to kill Janis and her post-death mutilation has shocked all those involved in this investigation." | |
| Mrs Dundas's family said she was "a clever and insightful woman" and her murder had "left a deep and dark hole in our lives". | |
| "The sentence imposed in some way reflects the gravity of this crime and gives us some consolation," the family said. | |
| Gary Simpson, Senior Crown Prosecutor, said: "This was a case of a Good Samaritan who was brutally murdered for her trouble." |