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| Paige Chivers: Man jailed for murdering Blackpool teen | Paige Chivers: Man jailed for murdering Blackpool teen |
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| A man convicted of murdering Blackpool teenager Paige Chivers has been jailed for life and will serve at least 33 years. | A man convicted of murdering Blackpool teenager Paige Chivers has been jailed for life and will serve at least 33 years. |
| The 15-year-old was reported missing in August 2007, but has never been found. | The 15-year-old was reported missing in August 2007, but has never been found. |
| Robert Ewing, 60, of Kincraig Place, Bispham, was convicted of murder at Preston Crown Court on 10 July. | Robert Ewing, 60, of Kincraig Place, Bispham, was convicted of murder at Preston Crown Court on 10 July. |
| Gareth Dewhurst, 46, of Duncan Avenue, Bispham, who was found guilty of helping dispose of her body, is to be sentenced later. | |
| Ewing was described as a "devious" paedophile who murdered Paige to stop her reporting their sexual contact. | |
| Sentencing him to life, Mr Justice Jeremy Baker told Ewing he had carried out a "carefully planned and executed murder" to avoid the prospect of returning to jail. | |
| Preston Crown Court heard Robert Ewing exploited the vulnerable teenager for his sexual gratification and then decided to silence her when she threatened to go to the authorities. | |
| The jurors were not told that Ewing had previous convictions for child sex offences. | |
| He served a 12-month jail sentence in 1995 for gross indecency with a 13-year-old girl, whom he also indecently assaulted. | |
| Ewing, who smiled for his police mug shot photograph, sat with his arms folded for most of the hearing and calmly walked from the dock after sentencing. | |
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| A victim impact statement from Paige's sister, Maddison, said: "There is a big hole in our hearts that can never be replaced." | |
| Bloodstains belonging to the teenager were found by a police forensics team in the inner hallway of his flat. | |
| The murder was said to have taken place between 23 August and 27 August 2007. | |
| Paige had packed two carrier bags with clothes and left her home in Longford Avenue, Bispham, after a family row. | |
| She was spotted at a nearby bus stop with Ewing. | |
| An extensive proof of life inquiry - conducted in murder cases where there is no body - found no evidence Paige was alive and she never claimed a "significant" inheritance sum left to her after her mother's death. | |
| Less than a fortnight before Paige went missing, Ewing contacted police to tell them that a "problem child" had turned up on his doorstep having been thrown out by her father. | |
| Prosecutors said he was effectively "testing the water" and that there had been "very little reaction" by officials. | |
| Ewing was also found guilty by a jury of perverting the course of justice by intimidating witnesses and providing false information to the police. |