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Jealous ex-boyfriend jailed for murder of mother-of-two

A jealous and paranoid ex-boyfriend has been jailed for life for the "remorseless" murder of a mother-of-two. Michael Cope, 28, strangled and beat Linzi Ashton, who suffered 108 separate injuries in an hour-long attack.

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Judge: Linzi Ashton's murder 'deliberate and calculating'

Judge Mr Justice Parker told Michael Cope as he sentenced him to life imprisonment for the "deliberate and calculating" murder of his ex-girlfriend Linzi Ashton:

You set out in a most deliberate and calculating manner to kill your victim.

This was a savage and sustained attack on a defenceless woman in her own home.

The injuries that were caused, in part in all probability by use of a weapon, that I have recounted, were truly horrific and it is difficult to imagine the suffering, mental and physical, she must have endured as you brutally beat her to death.

You violently took the life of a young mother, who had the care of two small children.

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