A man and woman have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the killing of 'caring and generous' grandfather of nine. Lauren Harris, 29, and her accomplice David Webster, 43, were found guilty of the murder of Mark Wilcox, 65, who was found stabbed and battered to death last November in his Colwyn Bay flat in Wales.
Mold Crown Court heard Harris, from Llandudno, was the partner of Mr Wilcox and had referred to him as her 'sugar daddy'. But she and Webster, from Cheshire, were described by the judge, Mr Justice Edward Pepperall, as 'callous and opportunistic thieves'. READ MORE: 'Fobbed off' and 'not listened to'...the missed opportunities which could have prevented a tragedy Police attended Wilcox's flat on November 20 and found him with serious injuries including two stab wounds and injuries inflicted by a vodka bottle.
Harris and Webster fled the scene in the victim's car, a Volvo, which was later found crashed, the court heard. The pair left the car but two knives were recovered from the vehicle and DNA tests of the handle showed a link to Webster.
Wilcox died later that day. Harris and Webster both denied involvement but a jury convicted them of murder. During one point of the trial, Harris could be heard singing Shania Twain's 'Man!
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