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A convicted sex offender has admitted the kidnap, rape and murder of a County Durham teenager who he met on a social networking site.
Peter Chapman, who has a history of violent sex assaults, befriended 17-year-old Ashleigh Hall by posing as a teenage boy on Facebook.
In October, after agreeing to meet him, Ashleigh was suffocated and dumped in a farmer's field near Sedgefield.
Chapman, 33, pleaded guilty to the charges at Teesside Crown Court.
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Chapman, who was brought up by his grandparents in Stockton, has a history of sexual offending, it has since emerged.
Since the age of 15, he has been the subject of several sexual assault investigations and in 1996 was jailed for raping two prostitutes at knifepoint.
The 19-year-old Chapman was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment and released in 2001.
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Prosecutor Graham Reeds QC said: "He needed a plan which made it more likely that he would get into her car so that he would be able to overpower her for sex.
"Having invented 19-year-old Peter to make contact with girls he now decided to invent Peter's dad in order to persuade Ashleigh that it was safe to get into his car.
"The plan he devised was calculated and wicked and it worked."
more details here - warning -- this is one brutal monster.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wear/8555221.stm
My heart aches for her mom.
Does any country keep these dangerous predators locked up any more?????
ETA: story has been updated
Facebook murderer to serve at least 35 years
A convicted sex offender has admitted the kidnap, rape and murder of a County Durham teenager who he met on a social networking site.
Peter Chapman, who has a history of violent sex assaults, befriended 17-year-old Ashleigh Hall by posing as a teenage boy on Facebook.
In October, after agreeing to meet him, Ashleigh was suffocated and dumped in a farmer's field near Sedgefield.
Chapman, 33, pleaded guilty to the charges at Teesside Crown Court.
..........................................
Chapman, who was brought up by his grandparents in Stockton, has a history of sexual offending, it has since emerged.
Since the age of 15, he has been the subject of several sexual assault investigations and in 1996 was jailed for raping two prostitutes at knifepoint.
The 19-year-old Chapman was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment and released in 2001.
................................
Prosecutor Graham Reeds QC said: "He needed a plan which made it more likely that he would get into her car so that he would be able to overpower her for sex.
"Having invented 19-year-old Peter to make contact with girls he now decided to invent Peter's dad in order to persuade Ashleigh that it was safe to get into his car.
"The plan he devised was calculated and wicked and it worked."
more details here - warning -- this is one brutal monster.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wear/8555221.stm
My heart aches for her mom.
Does any country keep these dangerous predators locked up any more?????
ETA: story has been updated
Facebook murderer to serve at least 35 years