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26/07/2013
35 Years For Blackpool Man Who Murdered Teenager
A 23-year-old man has been found guilty of the murder of a 16-year-old girl in Blackpool.
Teenager Sasha Marsden was stabbed 58 times and set on fire in what Lancashire Police described as "one of the most horrific cases" they had encountered.
David Minto, from Blackpool, was jailed for life for the "sexually motivated" attack after he had lured Sasha to a hotel with the promise of a job.
Sasha was sexually assaulted and stabbed in the neck and head in an attack so severe she had to be identified by DNA from her toothbrush.
Minto, who denied murder, was given a minimum term of 35 years.
(MH/CD)
Teenager Sasha Marsden was stabbed 58 times and set on fire in what Lancashire Police described as "one of the most horrific cases" they had encountered.
David Minto, from Blackpool, was jailed for life for the "sexually motivated" attack after he had lured Sasha to a hotel with the promise of a job.
Sasha was sexually assaulted and stabbed in the neck and head in an attack so severe she had to be identified by DNA from her toothbrush.
Minto, who denied murder, was given a minimum term of 35 years.
(MH/CD)
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Vans to carry posters of missing children
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Posters of missing children are to be carried on hundreds of vans across the UK as part of a new campaign. More than 450 vans are to be used to display the posters, which will feature children on the police-run Missing Kids website. The first picture to be used on the posters is that of 15-year-old Sasha McLeish, who vanished in Luton on June 23.
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Teenager stabbed to death in Blackpool
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20 February 2009
Murder Victim Made 'Repeat Allegations'
A woman who was found murdered had made "repeat allegations" about a man police believed killed her, it has emerged. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has confirmed it launched an investigation into the actions of West Midlands Police before the death of Clare Wood, 36, who was killed in Blackfriars, Salford.
Murder Victim Made 'Repeat Allegations'
A woman who was found murdered had made "repeat allegations" about a man police believed killed her, it has emerged. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has confirmed it launched an investigation into the actions of West Midlands Police before the death of Clare Wood, 36, who was killed in Blackfriars, Salford.
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