Man jailed for life for 1991 killing
Sarah Crump was described by her sisters as, "a shining light in a murky world who wished for the best but found the worst in humanity"
Both women were sexually mutilated by Smith, who was known to colleagues as the "Honey Monster" or "Lurch" because of his 6ft 3in height and heavy build.Mr Justice Bryan handed him a life sentence with a minimum term of 27 years, minus the 479 days he spent on remand in the 1990s, meaning he will serve at least 25 years and 251 days.
The judge told Smith, who at the time lived with his parents in Hampton, Middlesex, that the killing was part of "an escalating pattern of violence and sexual offending by you against, but not limited to, sex workers".Sarah Crump was found dead at her flat in Southall, west London, in 1991 He was cleared by a jury at the Old Bailey in 1993 of murdering Ms Crump, and later bragged to an inmate at Highdown Prison that he had "got away with it".
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