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Serial killer Joanna Dennehy given whole life prison term

Serial killer Joanna Dennehy has been given a whole life prison term, after admitting the murders of three men in and around Peterborough, and the attempted murder of two men in a stabbing spree in Hereford.

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BREAKING: Joanna Dennehy gets whole life tariff

Serial killer Joanne Dennehy will spend the rest of her life in prison after killing three men in and around Peterborough, and attempting to kill two other men in Hereford.

During the verdict being read out by the judge at the Old Bailey, Dennehy laughed in the dock.

The psychopathic killer was sentenced at the Old Bailey today to a whole-life prison term after admitting the three murders and two attempted murders.

She is only the third woman to be handed such a sentence.

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