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Joanne Christine Dennehy, the infamous Peterborough ditch assassin who slaughtered three males in a horrifying 10-day killing spree, had a macabre victory tune after her third homicide.

Dennehy solely focused males, vowing she would by no means kill a girl, notably not a mom. After a life marred by petty crime and alcoholism, the mom launched into her murderous rampage in March 2013.

She chillingly instructed an confederate: “I want my fun. I need you to get my fun.” Her first sufferer was Lukasz Slaboszewski, a Polish nationwide who believed he was in a relationship with Dennehy. Upon assembly Dennehy, Slaboszewski texted a pal saying: “Life is beautiful”.

In a later psychiatric analysis, Dennehy confessed she killed Slaboszewski “to see if I was as cold as I thought I was”. She lured him to her residence with suggestive textual content messages earlier than stabbing him within the coronary heart and discarding his physique in a wheelie bin, experiences the Mirror.

In a disturbing twist, she confirmed the corpse to a 14-year-old woman she had groomed, confessing she discovered the act of homicide “moreish” and had developed “a taste for it”. Per week later, she struck once more, stabbing her 56 12 months outdated housemate to dying with a pocket knife.

On the identical day, she murdered Kevin Lee utilizing an equivalent honey-trap approach, stabbing him at her residence. She subsequently dressed his physique in a black sequined gown and positioned it in a ditch, intentionally leaving his bottom uncovered.

During proceedings, the decide said she had sought to intentionally humiliate Lee in dying. Disturbingly, following this incident she telephoned a pal to carry out the Britney Spears tune “Oops… I Did It Again” and celebrated upon seeing a tv information bulletin in regards to the killings, which occurred over a fortnight.

However, her rampage continued. Weeks afterwards, confederate Gary Stretch transported her to close by Hereford the place she indiscriminately attacked two canine walkers, leaving each for useless and stealing the second sufferer’s canine.

Eventually, Dennehy admitted to 3 counts of homicide and two of tried homicide in November 2013. The presiding decide, Mr Justice Spencer, described her as “a cruel, calculating, selfish and manipulative murderer”.

Stretch additionally obtained a life sentence, while two extra accomplices have been handed sentences of 14 and three years respectively. There isn’t any obvious motive behind Dennehy’s killing spree past a easy want to kill.

Trial witnesses testified that Dennehy fantasised to them about emulating Bonnie and Clyde. Gary Stretch revealed she had described it as “entertainment” for her.

She additionally allegedly said that she solely meant to hurt and kill males, asserting that she would by no means assault a girl, notably one with youngsters like herself.

During the trial, Mr Justice Spencer famous that Dennehy was stricken with paraphilia sadomasochism, a psychological dysfunction characterised by deriving sexual pleasure from inflicting ache and humiliation.