UK - Joanne Nelson, 22, found strangled, Hull, 13 Feb 2005

A man who murdered his girlfriend before reporting her missing from their home on Valentine's Day has been jailed for life. Paul Dyson, 30, admitted strangling 22-year-old Joanne Nelson after a row about the laundry at their home in Hull. He had previously admitted manslaughter but changed his plea as his trial at Hull Crown Court was about to begin yesterday.

The woodmachinist was ordered to serve at least 16 years in jail before being considered for parole at his sentence hearing today.
Judge

Cracknell said Dyson practised "hideous indignities" upon Joanne's body.
"You tied her up, put her inside bin liners, bundled her into the boot of a car and set off on a macabre and calculated journey around Yorkshire to find a hiding place," he said.

Outside the court, Miss Nelson's family and friends said in a statement: "He has taken away the most precious gift a parent can have - a child.

"So many lives have been destroyed by her death. We don't have a life anymore.

"We, her parents, her sisters and all those who have loved her have been cheated. Justice can never been done as Joanne can't come home."

Dyson strangled Miss Nelson, a Job Centre worker, after the domestic chores argument.

He dumped her body in remote woodland in North Yorkshire, more than 100 miles from their home in Hull.

Despite a massive police search, Joanne's body was not found until over a month after her death.

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Boyfriend given life for Valentine's murder

LONDON (Reuters) - A man who murdered his girlfriend and then tearfully reported that she had vanished on Valentine's Day was jailed for life on Tuesday.

Paul Dyson, 31, pleaded guilty on Monday at Hull Crown Court to murdering Jobcentre worker Joanne Nelson, 22, having admitted in May that he unlawfully killed her.

The disappearance of Nelson prompted a massive police search but her body was not found until five weeks later, in woodland in north Yorkshire, miles from her Hull home.

Dyson made an emotional television appeal for help saying the pair had exchanged Valentine's Day cards and a kiss before she disappeared. In reality, he killed her during what detectives believe was a row about housework.

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Valentine's Day killer given life
Paul Dyson strangled 22-year-old Joanne Nelson after an argument about the laundry at their home in Hull, East Yorkshire, Hull Crown Court heard.

The court heard that after the murder on February 13 this year, Dyson dumped his fiancee's body in a car and drove more than 100 miles to a remote woodland in North Yorkshire where it lay undiscovered for weeks.

He reported her missing to police on Valentine's Day and made an emotional TV appeal for her return.
Judge Cracknell said Dyson had carried out "an evil deed" and his deception had caused Miss Nelson's family "grief and torment that is scarcely imaginable".

He went on to condemn Dyson for going on TV and making an appeal for help in finding his fiancee. The judge told him: "You went on TV and displayed breathtaking and nauseating hypocrisy."

As the defendant was sentenced, members of the public gallery stood up and shouted abuse at Dyson as he was led away.

Judge Cracknell added: "On February 13, as a result of an utterly trivial domestic dispute, you lost your temper and throttled Joanne Nelson, a vivacious and popular 22-year-old woman with all to live for, who you professed to love.

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A violent, cruel and deceptive killer
He was known as a big man with a big mouth and a history of sadistic violence towards women. Dave Mark profiles Paul Dyson, who yesterday pleaded guilty to the murder of his girlfriend at their Hull home. He drove 100 miles to dump her body in North Yorkshire – then made a tearful TV appeal for news about her....

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This is a profile about Paul Dyson and Joanne Nelson