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| Peterborough murders: Joanna Dennehy 'ecstatic' at news reports | Peterborough murders: Joanna Dennehy 'ecstatic' at news reports |
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| A triple killer was "ecstatic" when she saw news reports that she was wanted by police, her friend has told a jury. | A triple killer was "ecstatic" when she saw news reports that she was wanted by police, her friend has told a jury. |
| Joanna Dennehy, 31, has admitted stabbing three men and dumping their bodies in ditches in Cambridgeshire. | Joanna Dennehy, 31, has admitted stabbing three men and dumping their bodies in ditches in Cambridgeshire. |
| Giving evidence in the trial of Gary Richards and Leslie Layton, who deny covering up the killings, Dennehy's friend Georgina Page said she "jumped around like a schoolgirl". | |
| She added that Dennehy likened herself and Mr Richards to "Bonnie and Clyde". | |
| Dennehy, originally of Bifield, Orton Goldhay, Peterborough, pleaded guilty in November to the murders of Lukasz Slaboszewski, John Chapman and Kevin Lee. | |
| She stabbed all three men in the heart before dumping their bodies in the Cambridgeshire Fens in March and April last year. | |
| Georgina Page told Cambridge Crown Court that Dennehy and Gary Richards - also known as Gary Stretch - made an unplanned visit to her home while they were being hunted by police. | |
| While there, she said, Dennehy saw an article on Teletext about the police appeal to find them. | |
| During this visit, Ms Page said Dennehy told her she had stabbed one of her victims when he came to use the toilet while she was in the bath. | |
| 'Terrified' to ring police | |
| Ms Page added that Dennehy confessed she knew the pair would eventually be caught and would go to prison for a long time. | |
| When they left, Ms Page said she did not ring the police because she was terrified about what might happen to her. | |
| Dennehy is currently in custody awaiting sentence. As well as admitting the murders, she also pleaded guilty to three counts of preventing a lawful and decent burial and admitted the attempted murder of two men in Hereford. | |
| Gary Richards, 47, of Riseholme, Orton Goldhay, Peterborough, denies three counts of preventing a lawful and decent burial and two counts of attempted murder in Hereford. | |
| Leslie Layton, 36, of Bifield, Orton Goldhay, denies two counts of preventing a lawful and decent burial and one count of perverting the course of justice. | |
| A third man, Robert Moore, 55, of Belvoir Way, Peterborough, has admitted assisting an offender and is also awaiting sentence. | |
| The trial continues. |