Uk -Laura Mortimer, 31, & Ella Dalby, 11, Gloucester, 28 May 2018 *Arrest*

[KarenUK]

Larua and Ellas funeral has taken place

Mum and daughter, 11, laid to rest in beautiful joint funeral

Over 1,000 turn out for funeral of Laura Mortimer and Ella Dalby

 

[Tortoise]

An ex-husband has pleaded not guilty to murdering a wedding planner and her 11-year-old daughter.

Christopher Boon, 28, has been charged with the murders of Laura Mortimer, 31, and Ella Dalby.

[...] A trial date has been set for December 3.

Mr Justice Walby directed that a further case management hearing should take place on a date to be fixed.

Ex-husband pleads not guilty to murdering wedding planner and her daughter | Daily Mail Online

The thread title needs to be changed to show their names, location (Gloucester) and date of murders (28 May 2018).

 

[Tortoise]

Judge Justice Walby told the defandant he would get maximum credit of a sixth of the minimum term for murder for pleading guilty. Boon, [...] spoke only to say ‘not guilty’ on both counts.

...Boon’s defence barrister Eugene Hickey asked for several weeks to allow medical evidence to be served.

Christopher Boon pleads not guilty to murders of Laura and Ella

 

[KarenUK]

Christopher Boon has admitted two counts of murder, Glouscesterhire Live have updates from todays hearing

Updates as Christopher Boon pleads guilty to double murder

Man admits murdering wife and stepdaughter by stabbing them 42 times

 

[KarenUK]

The case against Boon
Boon expressed no remorse in interviews with police. He declined to answer questions almost throughout the interviews.

He pleaded not guilty to two murder charges in a hearing at Bristol Crown Court on July 13.

Boon accepted he was responsible but indicated he would cite diminished responsibility due to loss of control and abnormality of mind.

A medical report on September 21 found there were no grounds for Boon to argue there was a diminished responsibility.

He pleaded guilty to the murders on November 5 at Bristol Crown Court

 

[KarenUK]

Christopher Boon jailed for 29 years minimum after double murder

 

[Legally Bland]

I'm glad psychiatrists didn't buy into his 'diminished responsibility'.

 

[KarenUK]

I'm glad psychiatrists didn't buy into his 'diminished responsibility'.

Oh I know, what a load of BS that was! Hehas never said he's sorry for what he's done, and the asking for help he does on the 999 call is for himself, not the people he stabbed 24 and 18 times. Poor Ella must have been so scared.

 

[Mrs Marple]

What a vile human being. At least he got a decent sentence.

Isn't there a law where you can check if your partner has a domestic violence conviction or have l made that up? Would this be disclosed under that, it is murder in the home..