Serial killer Joanna Dennehy given whole-life jail term
Serial killer Joanna Dennehy was sentenced at the Old Bailey today to a whole-life prison term after admitting three murders and two attempted murders.
Judge: Dennehy a 'cruel' and 'calculating serial killer'
A judge told Joanna Dennehy she was "a cruel, calculating, selfish and manipulative serial killer" as he sentenced the 31-year-old at the Old Bailey.
Dennehy was ordered to serve the rest of her life in prison for murdering three men before attempting to kill two others.
She laughed and smirked as Mr Justice Spencer delivered his sentencing remarks.
Dennehy pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to the murders of Lukasz Slaboszewski, 31, Kevin Lee, 48, and John Chapman, 56, in and around Peterborough over a 10-day period last March.
Detectives launched a nationwide hunt to find her after the bodies were discovered in remote ditches in Cambridgeshire but she went on to drive 140 miles to Hereford where she repeatedly stabbed two dog walkers.
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Slaboszewski family: 'Lukasz death shocked us all'
The family of Lukasz Slaboszewski have released a statement on the day his killer, Joanna Dennehy, is sentenced to life in prison.
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Lee family: 'We live with pain'
The family of Kevin Lee have released a statement on the day his killer, Joanna Dennehy, is sentenced to life in prison.