>> Judge Justice Nicol said he could not impose a whole life tariff as he was
>> not sure Hazell's motivation was sexual or that it was pre-meditated.
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>> I really want to see how the judge justifies that last remark.
Basically the judge he says cannot be sure whether the murder was part of the sexual activity Hazell imposed on Tia or whether he killed her afterwards to ensure her silence.
The full sentencing remarks are on the Judiciary website:
www.judiciary.gov.uk/Resources/JCO/Documents/Judgments/r-v-stuart-hazell-sentencing.pdf
WARNING: The evidence recited in the judgement is sickeningly graphic in it's detail. I don't know if this stuff was reported when prosecution was giving evidence but if it was I missed it.
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