The judge said the man carried out a 'brutal' attack and inflicted some '90 wounds' on his victim's body
The judge said Sepple carried out a"brutal" attack and inflicted some"90 wounds" on Ashley Wadsworth's body.A man has been handed a life sentence for murdering a Canadian teenager he met on a dating app.
Jack Sepple, 23, will serve a minimum of 23 years and six months behind bars after killing his 19-year-old girlfriend Ashley Wadsworth at the flat they shared in Chelmsford in Essex. Sepple stabbed Miss Wadsworth and carried out a"brutal and cowardly attack" and"gratuitously inflicted some 90 wounds on her body", said judge Justice Murray.
Officers were called to an address in Tennyson Road on 1 February shortly after 4pm following reports of a disturbance.Judge Justice Murray said the pair met online when Miss Wadsworth was aged 12 and Sepple was around 15 and they had a long-distance relationship, but that Sepple had relationships with other women during this time.
He added that Miss Wadsworth travelled to the UK on a six-month tourist visa while on a gap year shortly before Christmas 2021.
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