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| A man who boasted on a mobile phone video that he enjoyed murdering a teenager then cutting up and hiding her body has been jailed for life. | A man who boasted on a mobile phone video that he enjoyed murdering a teenager then cutting up and hiding her body has been jailed for life. |
| Stuart Jack, 22, smiled as he spoke of killing charity worker Laura Milne, 19, and mutilating her body in Aberdeen. | Stuart Jack, 22, smiled as he spoke of killing charity worker Laura Milne, 19, and mutilating her body in Aberdeen. |
| Jack admitted murdering Ms Milne at a Union Street flat last year. He was jailed for a minimum of 18 years. | Jack admitted murdering Ms Milne at a Union Street flat last year. He was jailed for a minimum of 18 years. |
| Debbie Buchan, 19, and Leigh Mackinnon, 18, were jailed for nine years for attempted murder. | Debbie Buchan, 19, and Leigh Mackinnon, 18, were jailed for nine years for attempted murder. |
| Jack 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. | Jack 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. |
| This is a tragic case involving a vulnerable young lady who had clearly sought friendship from those who were ultimately convicted Det Chf Insp Mark CooperGrampian Police | |
| Co-accused Buchan and Mackinnon both admitted attempted murder. They also admitted trying to hide the victim. | |
| Laura Milne's father said she was too trusting and could not see the bad in people. | Laura Milne's father 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". | Brian Milne said his daughter was a "lovely young woman with a big heart". |
| The mobile phone recording was previously played to the High Court in Edinburgh. | |
| 'Harrowing scene' | |
| 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." | |
| Buchan asks: "Did you enjoy cutting her throat?" | |
| Teenager Laura Milne was murdered in a flat in Union Street | |
| Jack replied: "Aye." | |
| In the days after the killing, the trio made various phone calls and sent text messages to family and friends confessing they had been involved in Laura's death. | |
| Their victim 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. | |
| Grampian Police Det Chf Insp Mark Cooper earlier said: "This is a tragic case involving a vulnerable young lady who had clearly sought friendship from those who were ultimately convicted." | |
| Det Chf Insp Cooper said that the manner of death and the "harrowing scene" with which officers were faced had caused distress. |