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| Killer boasted of murder on video | Killer boasted of murder on video |
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| A man who murdered a teenage charity worker then cut up her body and hid it boasted in a mobile phone video he had enjoyed doing it. | A man who murdered a teenage charity worker then cut up her body and hid it boasted in a mobile phone video he had enjoyed doing it. |
| Stuart Jack, 22, smiled as he spoke of killing Laura Milne and mutilating her. | Stuart Jack, 22, smiled as he spoke of killing Laura Milne and mutilating her. |
| Jack admitted murdering Ms Milne, 19, at a flat in Aberdeen's Union Street last year. | Jack admitted murdering Ms Milne, 19, at a flat in Aberdeen's Union Street last year. |
| The details of the crime were heard at the High Court in Edinburgh. Sentence was deferred until later this month for background reports. | The details of the crime were heard at the High Court in Edinburgh. Sentence was deferred until later this month for background reports. |
| On Tuesday, Jack had also admitted attempting to defeat the ends of justice by trying to cut off her head, legs and breast, cutting off her ear and hiding her body. | On Tuesday, Jack had also admitted attempting to defeat the ends of justice by trying to cut off her head, legs and breast, cutting off her ear and hiding her body. |
| Co-accused Debbie Buchan, 19, and Leigh Mackinnon, 18, both admitted attempted murder. They also admitted trying to hide the victim. | Co-accused Debbie Buchan, 19, and Leigh Mackinnon, 18, both admitted attempted murder. They also admitted trying to hide the victim. |
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| The phone recording was played to the court on Wednesday. | |
| In the video, Buchan was seen putting her face towards the camera and saying: "This is the new and improved Laura Milne." | |
| Jack replied: "Yes, she certainly is." | Jack replied: "Yes, she certainly is." |
| Buchan asks: "Did you enjoy cutting her throat?" | Buchan asks: "Did you enjoy cutting her throat?" |
| Jack replied: "Aye." | Jack replied: "Aye." |
| In the days after the killing, the trio made various phone calls and text messages to family and friends confessing they had been involved in Laura's death. | |
| Jack boasted in the video about how he had enjoyed slitting Laura's throat | Jack boasted in the video about how he had enjoyed slitting Laura's throat |
| Buchan, who had known her since school, told an ex-boyfriend she had been fighting with a female who was now "lying there looking funny" and Mackinnon told a friend she had been present at a flat when a "girl had been killed". | |
| Jack, who lived at the homeless hostel where Ms Milne worked, told two female residents he had "killed Laura" with a bread knife because she had said she was glad his granddad and sister were dead. | |
| He told them Buchan and Mackinnon had beaten Ms Milne up, then he had gone through to the kitchen, grabbed a knife and cut her throat, and had then cut her head and legs off and that her body was in a cupboard in the flat. | |
| He later told police he had decided to cut his victim up after failed attempts to get the body into the loft. | |
| Jack took the women to the flat, opened the letterbox and said: "Can you smell her body? She is lying in there dead." | |
| The women alerted police, who searched the flat and found Ms Milne's decomposing body wrapped in bedding in a kitchen cupboard beside the sink. | |
| Ms Milne was brought up by her father Brian in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, and has an older brother and younger sister. | |
| Her failing was that she was too trusting and could not see the bad in people Brian MilneLaura's father | |
| She had been diagnosed with mild learning difficulties and was living at the Stopover homeless accommodation in Aberdeen, where she was working as a volunteer in the kitchen. | |
| Advocate depute David Young, reading out an agreed version of the events, said Laura was a "vulnerable, naive and easily manipulated" young woman. | |
| In the days after her death, Buchan had replied six times to text messages from Ms Milne's family pretending to be her, in which he said: "I am fine I am staying with a friend and yes you will see me", said Mr Young. | |
| Laura Milne's father earlier said she was too trusting and could not see the bad in people. | Laura Milne's father earlier said she was too trusting and could not see the bad in people. |
| Brian Milne said his daughter was a "lovely young woman with a big heart". He added that she was always willing to help others. | Brian Milne said his daughter was a "lovely young woman with a big heart". He added that she was always willing to help others. |
| Mr Milne said: "We continue to miss Laura every day - she was a major part of our family and it was rare for a day to pass without her being in touch with us. She was always on the phone or visiting us. | Mr Milne said: "We continue to miss Laura every day - she was a major part of our family and it was rare for a day to pass without her being in touch with us. She was always on the phone or visiting us. |
| "Laura was a lovely young woman with a big heart. | "Laura was a lovely young woman with a big heart. |
| "She was always willing to help others and this was reflected in the work she did with the Cyrenians [homeless charity]." | "She was always willing to help others and this was reflected in the work she did with the Cyrenians [homeless charity]." |
| He explained: "Her failing was that she was too trusting and could not see the bad in people." | He explained: "Her failing was that she was too trusting and could not see the bad in people." |