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Georgia Williams death: 'Deviant' killer given whole-life term | Georgia Williams death: 'Deviant' killer given whole-life term |
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A sexual deviant who killed a teenage girl by hanging her at his parents' house has been ordered to spend the rest of his life in jail. | |
Jamie Reynolds, 23, had "a morbid fascination" with depictions of extreme violence against women and could become a serial killer, the court was warned. | |
Reynolds earlier admitted murdering 17-year-old Georgia Williams in Wellington, Shropshire, in May. | |
The Stafford Crown Court judge said he deserved the most severe sentence. | |
The judge Mr Justice Wilkie said Reynolds had "enjoyed the spectacle of Georgia's ghastly few minutes" after meticulously planning the crime. | |
He accepted a psychiatric assessment of Reynolds confirming he "had the potential to progressing to become a serial killer". | |
Graphic stories | |
Prosecutor David Crigman QC said at the time of his arrest, Reynolds had 16,800 images and 72 videos of extreme pornography on his computer. | |
These included images of women he knew in which ropes had been digitally added around their necks. | These included images of women he knew in which ropes had been digitally added around their necks. |
He had written graphic short stories, which featured a fatal assault on a woman "followed by acts of sexual violation". | |
Mr Crigman described Georgia's murder as "scripted, sadistic and sexually-motivated". | Mr Crigman described Georgia's murder as "scripted, sadistic and sexually-motivated". |
He said Reynolds then took photographs of Georgia's body in different parts of the house, including on his parents' bed. | |
Although Georgia knew Reynolds, "she made it clear she had no romantic interest in him". | |
She only agreed to go to the house to be a model for his amateur photography, Mr Crigman told the court. | |
'Sorrow and misery' | |
Georgia's father Steve - a detective with West Mercia Police - read a statement to the hearing before sentence was passed. | |
He said: "We've been damned by evil to endure this sorrow and misery to the end of our natural lives." | He said: "We've been damned by evil to endure this sorrow and misery to the end of our natural lives." |
Reynolds's barrister described the murder as a "horrific crime". He said Reynolds actions were "unnecessary, tragic and selfish". | Reynolds's barrister described the murder as a "horrific crime". He said Reynolds actions were "unnecessary, tragic and selfish". |
Georgia's family last saw their daughter on 26 May and reported her missing two days later, after discovering she was not staying with friends as they thought. | |
In court they heard Reynolds had used Georgia's phone to answer her mother's concerned texts and to cover his tracks. | |
CCTV images showed he went to a cinema in Wrexham on the way to dispose of the body and showed "no external sign at all" of being "troubled", said the prosecution. | |
Reynolds was arrested in Glasgow the day after Georgia was reported missing. | Reynolds was arrested in Glasgow the day after Georgia was reported missing. |
After tracking the journey Reynolds' van took on the way from Wellington to Glasgow, police found Georgia's body in woodland off the Nant-y-Garth Pass in north Wales. | After tracking the journey Reynolds' van took on the way from Wellington to Glasgow, police found Georgia's body in woodland off the Nant-y-Garth Pass in north Wales. |