Life sentence for hammer attack murderer

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Cumbria Police A mugshot of Jack Crawley. He has abbreviated  brownish  hairsbreadth  and is wearing a grey T-shirt.Cumbria Police

Jack Crawley was recovered blameworthy of Paul Taylor's execution pursuing a trial

A antheral who bludgeoned an service seasoned to decease with a hammer has been handed a beingness sentence.

Jack Crawley, 20, of Carlisle, was sentenced to a minimum word of 37 years successful situation astatine the city's crown court.

Paul Taylor, 56, from Annan, Dumfriesshire, went missing past October and his remains were recovered successful woodland adjacent Carlisle, Cumbria, successful May.

Crawley was recovered blameworthy of Mr Taylor's murder, arsenic good arsenic the attempted execution of different antheral portion helium was connected bail.

Crawley bludgeoned Mr Taylor to decease with a hammer and tried to pain his body.

He past buried the Cumberland Infirmary catering manager successful a shallow sedate successful Finglandrigg Wood.

They had been successful interaction for immoderate clip earlier the sidesplitting and had antecedently met to person sex, a proceedings heard.

Cumbria Police Paul Taylor. He is wearing a suit   and necktie  and is smiling astatine  the camera. He has abbreviated  grey hairsbreadth  and bluish  eyes.Cumbria Police

Paul Taylor's assemblage was discovered successful a shallow sedate successful Finglandrigg Wood

Crawley was besides sentenced for the attempted execution of a 2nd antheral helium met connected cheery dating app Grindr, who helium besides attacked with a claw hammer successful York portion connected bail for the execution of Mr Taylor.

A assemblage recovered him blameworthy connected Monday, aft much than 8 hours of deliberation.

'Intention to kill'

At sentencing, Mr Justice Goose described Crawley arsenic a "highly unsafe young man" who inflicted "callous cruelty" connected Paul Taylor.

The justice said Mr Taylor was killed successful a "murder for gain", arsenic Crawley wanted to bargain his car.

He said his volition was besides to termination the 2nd antheral successful York.

A unfortunate interaction connection from Mr Taylor’s widow Maria was work to the court.

She wrote: "Our lives and satellite are wholly torn apart".

"We had plans to turn aged unneurotic this has each been taken distant from us."

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