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27/05/2005
Brutal murderer sentenced to life
A former binman who killed his girlfriend, her twin sister and an elderly couple has been jailed for life.
Mark Hobson, 35, appeared at Leeds Crown Court a month after he admitted carrying out the four murders.
Sentencing Hobson, the Judge said: “The damage you have done is incalculable. The enormity of what you have done is beyond words.”
Hobson beat his 27-year-old girlfriend Claire Sanderson to death with a hammer in Camblesforth, North Yorkshire, in July last year.
He lured her sister Diane to his flat and killed her a week later.
Hobson then murdered James Britton, 80, and his wife Joan, 82, at their home in the north of York. He beat them with a walking stick before stabbing them both to death.
Hobson was caught a week after the bodies were found following a massive police manhunt.
The court heard that a list of other names scribbled in Hobson's handwriting, believed to be those of potential victims, had been found during a search.
(CD/SP)
Mark Hobson, 35, appeared at Leeds Crown Court a month after he admitted carrying out the four murders.
Sentencing Hobson, the Judge said: “The damage you have done is incalculable. The enormity of what you have done is beyond words.”
Hobson beat his 27-year-old girlfriend Claire Sanderson to death with a hammer in Camblesforth, North Yorkshire, in July last year.
He lured her sister Diane to his flat and killed her a week later.
Hobson then murdered James Britton, 80, and his wife Joan, 82, at their home in the north of York. He beat them with a walking stick before stabbing them both to death.
Hobson was caught a week after the bodies were found following a massive police manhunt.
The court heard that a list of other names scribbled in Hobson's handwriting, believed to be those of potential victims, had been found during a search.
(CD/SP)
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A 34-year-old man charged with the murders of four people in north Yorkshire has appeared at Leeds Crown Court today. Mark Hobson, of New Lane, Selby, is charged with the murders of 27-year-old twins, Claire and Diane Sanderson. He is accused of killing Claire Sanderson on July 7, and her sister Diane on July 17.
Multiple murder accused appears in court
A 34-year-old man charged with the murders of four people in north Yorkshire has appeared at Leeds Crown Court today. Mark Hobson, of New Lane, Selby, is charged with the murders of 27-year-old twins, Claire and Diane Sanderson. He is accused of killing Claire Sanderson on July 7, and her sister Diane on July 17.
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