A ‘jealous’ Premier League footballer
was on Friday given a life sentence after admitted butchering his 15-year-old
girlfriend – stabbing her a staggering sixty times.
was on Friday given a life sentence after admitted butchering his 15-year-old
girlfriend – stabbing her a staggering sixty times.
Andrew Hall, 18, who played for Stoke City’s academy,
pleaded guilty to murdering Megan-Leigh Peat at a house in Ampthill,
Bedfordshire, on June 9 this year.
pleaded guilty to murdering Megan-Leigh Peat at a house in Ampthill,
Bedfordshire, on June 9 this year.
Megan was found stabbed at the house after emergency
services were called in the early hours.
services were called in the early hours.
The pupil at Harlington Upper School in Dunstable,
Bedfordshire, was covered in blood lying on the floor with dozens of stab
wounds.
Bedfordshire, was covered in blood lying on the floor with dozens of stab
wounds.
Hall relentlessly stabbed her 60
times in the head, neck and upper chest. Two knives, including a serrated bread
knife, were found next to her body.
times in the head, neck and upper chest. Two knives, including a serrated bread
knife, were found next to her body.
Judge Richard Foster gave Hall a life sentence with a minimum term
of 10 years at Luton Crown Court today.
of 10 years at Luton Crown Court today.
Shockingly, the court heard Hall attacked his girlfriend after
mistaking her friendship with another man for an affair, despite her protesting
her innocence.
mistaking her friendship with another man for an affair, despite her protesting
her innocence.
Sentencing the killer at Luton Crown Court, Judge Richard Foster
said Hall had ‘cruelly’ robbed Megan of her life and ‘thrown away’ his
promising soccer career.
said Hall had ‘cruelly’ robbed Megan of her life and ‘thrown away’ his
promising soccer career.
