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| Peterborough ditch murders: Pair guilty of aiding killer Joanna Dennehy | Peterborough ditch murders: Pair guilty of aiding killer Joanna Dennehy |
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| Two men have been found guilty of helping triple killer Joanna Dennehy during her 12-day spree of violence. | Two men have been found guilty of helping triple killer Joanna Dennehy during her 12-day spree of violence. |
| Dennehy, 31, murdered three men in Cambridgeshire and tried to kill two others in Herefordshire last year. | Dennehy, 31, murdered three men in Cambridgeshire and tried to kill two others in Herefordshire last year. |
| At Cambridge Crown Court, Gary Stretch, 47, was found guilty of one count of attempted murder and three counts of preventing the lawful burial of a body. | At Cambridge Crown Court, Gary Stretch, 47, was found guilty of one count of attempted murder and three counts of preventing the lawful burial of a body. |
| Leslie Layton, 36, was found guilty of perverting the course of justice. The jury is yet to return some verdicts. | Leslie Layton, 36, was found guilty of perverting the course of justice. The jury is yet to return some verdicts. |
| The attempted murder conviction for Stretch, of Riseholme, Orton Goldhay, Peterborough, relates to Dennehy's attack on John Rogers in Hereford on 2 April. | The attempted murder conviction for Stretch, of Riseholme, Orton Goldhay, Peterborough, relates to Dennehy's attack on John Rogers in Hereford on 2 April. |
| The jury of eight men and four women will continue to deliberate on Tuesday. Jurors are still considering verdicts on a further count of attempted murder against Stretch and two counts of preventing the lawful and decent burial of a body against Layton, of Bifield, Orton Goldhay. | |
| Dennehy, of Orton Goldhay in Peterborough, has admitted murdering Lukasz Slaboszewski, 31, Kevin Lee, 48, and John Chapman, 56, in March last year. | Dennehy, of Orton Goldhay in Peterborough, has admitted murdering Lukasz Slaboszewski, 31, Kevin Lee, 48, and John Chapman, 56, in March last year. |
| The men's bodies were all found in ditches in Cambridgeshire in March and April. | The men's bodies were all found in ditches in Cambridgeshire in March and April. |
| During the trial, prosecutors said Dennehy "cast a spell" over Stretch and Layton and some of her victims as she killed "for fun". | |
| Dennehy was likened to "Uma Thurman from Kill Bill and the woman from the Terminator" by married father of two Mr Lee shortly before his death. | |
| Another victim, John Chapman, had dubbed her the "man woman" because of her intimidating nature. At the height of a nationwide manhunt, she bragged to one witness that she had killed eight people - although no further murders have been detected. | |
| All the murder victims died of multiple stab injuries, including wounds to the heart. | |
| After committing the three murders, Dennehy drove to Hereford with Stretch in a Vauxhall Astra registered in the false company name Undertaker and Sons, the court heard. | |
| Once there Dennehy, a diagnosed psychopath, randomly selected and repeatedly stabbed two dog walkers - Robin Bereza and Mr Rogers - in the street. Both survived despite suffering critical injuries. | |
| Dennehy has also admitted preventing the lawful and decent burial of all three victims and the attempted murders of Mr Bereza and Mr Rogers in Hereford while on the run. |