GUILTY UK - Penelope Davis, 47, dies in contract killing, Hampshire, 2 Sept 2014

[zwiebel]

Dreadful pair. Carr wanted Pennie dead because he was scared she would tell people about assaults she believed he'd made on girls, that she'd found out about when she had a relationship with his dad. He thought it might damage his new job working with troubled teens!

He hired petty criminal Robertson to kill her, and persuaded him by saying it was Pennie who was the paedophile!

 

[zwiebel]

This is Pennie's poor family. I just heard her daughter and husband speaking on BBC radio. They sounded so, so heartbreaking.

http://m.dailyecho.co.uk/news/12903229.VIDEO__Pair_jailed_for_life_after_murder_of_Pennie_Davis/

 

[Supernovae]

https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/carr-roberts-sentencing-remarks.pdf

Justin Robertson

7. The sentence which I am required by law to impose upon you for the murder of Pennie Davis is one of life imprisonment. I have to determine the minimum term of imprisonment which you will serve before being eligible to apply to the Parole Board to be considered for release.

8. This case falls under paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 21 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 because the seriousness of the offence is particularly high. It was a murder for gain. The starting point is 30 years.

9. In your case there are the following aggravating features:

i. This was a carefully prepared, planned and premeditated murder.
ii.You targeted a helpless woman alone in a field in a remote location.
iii. The stabbing was brutal and ferocious, causing no doubt terror and physical suffering before she died.
iv.You have shown no remorse.
v.Your conduct in the witness box was deplorable. You were arrogant and offensive. You addressed your victim’s family in the public gallery in a way bound to increase their distress. You openly made threats to kill Ben Carr. It was a disgusting and misguided attempt at bravado.

10. There are no mitigating features.

11. You also fall to be sentenced for another offence for which you were on bail when you carried out this murder. You pleaded guilty to handling stolen goods which were the product of a night time burglary of a florists shop in Gloucestershire in August 2013. The goods in question were greetings cards, picture frames and bunches of roses. Giving full credit for your guilty plea and taking into account your record, I will impose a custodial term for that offence which will run concurrently with the sentence for the murder.

Ben Carr

12. You have been convicted of conspiracy to murder. I am satisfied from the circumstances of this offence that you are dangerous: you pose a significant risk of causing serious harm by committing further specified offences.

13. Your part in this murder was no less culpable than that of JR although you did not deliver the fatal blows yourself. It was your plan, for your ends, and I am satisfied that you were an equal partner in planning its execution.

14. In accordance with s. 225 Criminal Justice Act 2003, the seriousness of the offence justifies the imposition of a life sentence.

15. I am required by law to determine the minimum term of imprisonment which you will serve before being eligible to apply to the Parole Board to be considered for release. In doing so I have regard to terms of Schedule 21 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, although they do not directly apply. In this case it is appropriate that the same considerations should apply to you as would apply if you had carried out the killing yourself. Your share of the blame is no less than that of Justin Robertson.

16. In your case there are the same aggravating features I have already identified for Justin Robertson, save for that relating to his conduct in the witness box.

17. There is one mitigating factor in your case which is your youth. Its force is tempered by the fact that although you are only 22, you are already a hardened criminal dealing high purity cocaine.

 

[Ellmau]

Good to see the courts getting it right sometimes.

Samantha Maclean was found not guilty. I suspect that her case was what kept the jury so long.

 

[Ellmau]

Lian Doyle, Robertson's gf, pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice for getting rid of his trainers. She was sentenced today to 10 months, but released bc of the time she'd spent on remand.

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/bri...nced_for_helping_him_cover_up_murder/?ref=mac

The case was broken partly bc a witness spotted Robertson's car parked where it shouldn't have been and took a photo:

Detective Superintendent Paul Barton (above), who headed up the investigation, praised Mr Norris for his actions.

He said: “Initially we weren't sure of the relevance of the key as a few people had been in that field, so it wasn't until we heard about the car on the bridge from Mr Norris that alarm bells started ringing. And he didn't just take a description or a note of the registration plate, he had the sense to take a picture of it.

To have a photo was perfect.”

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/129...Pennie_Davis__killer_to_justice_/?ref=mr&lp=2

Also, police think they found the murder weapon but ca't prove it.

And video of the police interview with Robertson (I didn't know they could release this):

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/129...police_have_evidence_against_him/?ref=mr&lp=3

 

[PrimeSuspect]

What a dodgy character, in the police interview he's talking about trivial crap just to waste time to think of more lies.
'Murder' isn't his thing, says the cold blooded murderer! Phffft.