Killer who had sex with corpse 'could not be stopped'
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A stalker who killed his ex-lover and then had sex with her corpse could not have been stopped, an official report has found.
David Summers, 23, harassed Diane Edwards, 53, for weeks, before battering her to death at a house in Northumberland, UK, in October 2006. The rejected lover ignored a string of court conditions to keep him from Ms Edwards and removed an electronic tag.
The couple began a sexual relationship in late 2005, but by January 2006 Ms Edwards had ended their relationship. She repeatedly told him it was over, but he began threatening and stalking her and was handed an injunction. Summers was then given a suspended sentence rather than jailed for flouting the order. He removed his electronic tag to get round restrictions which were meant to stop him visiting her home.
A review published on Friday said Summers had no regard for the law. The heroin addict had "ignored or actively breached all restrictions placed upon him which were designed to protect Diane Edwards", according to the report. Dave Gardiner, the Northumbria MAPPA Strategic Management Board chairman, said: "Realistically, we can never completely eliminate risk and sometimes, sadly, this has tragic consequences."
Summers has now been sentenced to a minimum of 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to murder and sexual interference with a corpse.
David Summers, 23, harassed Diane Edwards, 53, for weeks, before battering her to death at a house in Northumberland, UK, in October 2006. The rejected lover ignored a string of court conditions to keep him from Ms Edwards and removed an electronic tag.
The couple began a sexual relationship in late 2005, but by January 2006 Ms Edwards had ended their relationship. She repeatedly told him it was over, but he began threatening and stalking her and was handed an injunction. Summers was then given a suspended sentence rather than jailed for flouting the order. He removed his electronic tag to get round restrictions which were meant to stop him visiting her home.
A review published on Friday said Summers had no regard for the law. The heroin addict had "ignored or actively breached all restrictions placed upon him which were designed to protect Diane Edwards", according to the report. Dave Gardiner, the Northumbria MAPPA Strategic Management Board chairman, said: "Realistically, we can never completely eliminate risk and sometimes, sadly, this has tragic consequences."
Summers has now been sentenced to a minimum of 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to murder and sexual interference with a corpse.
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What is the maximum? He deserves doing maximum for performing this degrading act. You take someone's life and you abuse them afterwards? It annoys me because that person is then defenceless.
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