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| Jail for Australian kiss killers | |
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| Two Australian women who bludgeoned a British girl and then kissed as she lay dying have been jailed for life. | |
| The body of Stacey Mitchell, 16, was found in December 2006, in a wheelie bin in Perth, Western Australia, days after her family reported her missing. | The body of Stacey Mitchell, 16, was found in December 2006, in a wheelie bin in Perth, Western Australia, days after her family reported her missing. |
| Lesbian lovers Jessica Stasinowsky, 20, and Valerie Parashumti, 19, were ordered to serve a minimum of 24 years. | |
| The court heard how Parashumti had a history of drinking blood as part of a vampire sub-culture. | |
| A psychologist told the court she had very strong sexual sadistic tendencies and was sexually aroused by physical torture and violence. | A psychologist told the court she had very strong sexual sadistic tendencies and was sexually aroused by physical torture and violence. |
| Videoed body | Videoed body |
| The pair bludgeoned Miss Mitchell with a concrete block, strangled her with a chain and then videoed her half-naked body and kissed while standing over her as she lay dying. | The pair bludgeoned Miss Mitchell with a concrete block, strangled her with a chain and then videoed her half-naked body and kissed while standing over her as she lay dying. |
| You have each had more than a year in custody to reflect upon the evilness of your crime, yet you still lack remorse and obviously place no value on the sanctity of human life Judge Peter Blaxell | You have each had more than a year in custody to reflect upon the evilness of your crime, yet you still lack remorse and obviously place no value on the sanctity of human life Judge Peter Blaxell |
| Stacey moved from West Moors, near Bournemouth in the UK when she was 10 years old. | Stacey moved from West Moors, near Bournemouth in the UK when she was 10 years old. |
| She had been staying with the women in Lathlain, Perth, at the time of her death. | She had been staying with the women in Lathlain, Perth, at the time of her death. |
| They dumped her body head-first into a rubbish bin. | They dumped her body head-first into a rubbish bin. |
| Judge Peter Blaxell, sitting at the Supreme Court of Western Australia, said the pair had shown no remorse and were sexually aroused by violence. | Judge Peter Blaxell, sitting at the Supreme Court of Western Australia, said the pair had shown no remorse and were sexually aroused by violence. |
| Laughing in court | Laughing in court |
| He ordered they be held under strict security without contact with each other as they shared the same "perverse outlook on life". | He ordered they be held under strict security without contact with each other as they shared the same "perverse outlook on life". |
| "You have each had more than a year in custody to reflect upon the evilness of your crime, yet you still lack remorse and obviously place no value on the sanctity of human life," the judge said. | "You have each had more than a year in custody to reflect upon the evilness of your crime, yet you still lack remorse and obviously place no value on the sanctity of human life," the judge said. |
| "There is also the added problem that you each enjoy being sexually aroused by the infliction of violence." | "There is also the added problem that you each enjoy being sexually aroused by the infliction of violence." |
| The prosecutor had told the court the two women had known Stacey for three days and killed her because she was irritating them. | The prosecutor had told the court the two women had known Stacey for three days and killed her because she was irritating them. |
| In court, the pair were seen laughing and smiling as the details of the murder were described. | In court, the pair were seen laughing and smiling as the details of the murder were described. |
| Stacey's mother Sophie and father Andrew said: "We are all still devastated over our Stacey's brutal murder. | Stacey's mother Sophie and father Andrew said: "We are all still devastated over our Stacey's brutal murder. |
| "We still can't believe that she has gone and the violent way her life ended. | "We still can't believe that she has gone and the violent way her life ended. |
| "Though we have to accept the sentence the perpetrators have been given, no amount of time would ever be enough. | "Though we have to accept the sentence the perpetrators have been given, no amount of time would ever be enough. |
| "Stacey was full of life, caring, loving, the life and soul of the house and will never fulfil any of her ambitions or dreams. | "Stacey was full of life, caring, loving, the life and soul of the house and will never fulfil any of her ambitions or dreams. |
| Parashumti's lawyer, David Edwardson, said she had been associated with the vampire sub-culture since the age of 10, when she started experimenting with drinking blood, first her own and later that of others. | Parashumti's lawyer, David Edwardson, said she had been associated with the vampire sub-culture since the age of 10, when she started experimenting with drinking blood, first her own and later that of others. |