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| Aaron Barley jailed for life for Stourbridge stabbings | Aaron Barley jailed for life for Stourbridge stabbings |
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| A homeless man who "destroyed a family" by stabbing to death a mother and son who had helped him has been jailed for life with a minimum of 30 years. | A homeless man who "destroyed a family" by stabbing to death a mother and son who had helped him has been jailed for life with a minimum of 30 years. |
| Aaron Barley admitted murdering Tracey Wilkinson and 13-year-old son Pierce on the first day of his trial on Tuesday. | Aaron Barley admitted murdering Tracey Wilkinson and 13-year-old son Pierce on the first day of his trial on Tuesday. |
| Mrs Wilkinson's husband Peter was also stabbed six times in the attack at their home in Stourbridge in March. | Mrs Wilkinson's husband Peter was also stabbed six times in the attack at their home in Stourbridge in March. |
| Mrs Justice Carr told Barley, 24, he had "betrayed their trust in every way" and warned he might never be released. | Mrs Justice Carr told Barley, 24, he had "betrayed their trust in every way" and warned he might never be released. |
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| Barley murdered the pair after a year in which he was given food, friendship and shelter by Mrs Wilkinson, Birmingham Crown Court heard on Tuesday. | Barley murdered the pair after a year in which he was given food, friendship and shelter by Mrs Wilkinson, Birmingham Crown Court heard on Tuesday. |
| Details of Barley's 21 previous convictions were read out in court, including an assault on his former partner. | Details of Barley's 21 previous convictions were read out in court, including an assault on his former partner. |
| Prosecutor Karim Khalil QC said Barley killed Mrs Wilkinson, 50, in her bed and her son in his room before then attacking her 47-year-old husband as he returned home from walking their dog. | Prosecutor Karim Khalil QC said Barley killed Mrs Wilkinson, 50, in her bed and her son in his room before then attacking her 47-year-old husband as he returned home from walking their dog. |
| Mrs Justice Carr told the court of the "terror" Tracey and Pierce must have felt when Barley attacked them. | |
| "One of them, at least, must have been aware of the stabbing of the other," she added. | |
| The couple's daughter Lydia, 19, was away at Bristol University at the time of the attack. | The couple's daughter Lydia, 19, was away at Bristol University at the time of the attack. |
| Passing sentence, High Court judge Mrs Justice Carr said Barley had carried out "a vicious and unprovoked attack" in the home where he had once been welcomed. | Passing sentence, High Court judge Mrs Justice Carr said Barley had carried out "a vicious and unprovoked attack" in the home where he had once been welcomed. |
| The judge told Barley: "You abused your knowledge of the family home, which you had only gained through the Wilkinsons' extraordinary kindness and generosity to you." | The judge told Barley: "You abused your knowledge of the family home, which you had only gained through the Wilkinsons' extraordinary kindness and generosity to you." |
| Barley, whose parents died when he was a child, was brought up by a foster carer, who had reported concerns about his behaviour to the police before the killings. | Barley, whose parents died when he was a child, was brought up by a foster carer, who had reported concerns about his behaviour to the police before the killings. |
| The judge told him: "You have shown no remorse - indeed only regret that Mr Wilkinson survived his injuries and at times satisfaction in what you did achieve." | |
| Mr Khalil told the court Barley was a "compulsive liar and manipulator" who was also given a job, accommodation and a mobile phone after Mrs Wilkinson met him outside a supermarket and took him home. | Mr Khalil told the court Barley was a "compulsive liar and manipulator" who was also given a job, accommodation and a mobile phone after Mrs Wilkinson met him outside a supermarket and took him home. |
| The court heard how hours after his arrest for the killings, Barley told a police officer: "I've stabbed three people up - I ain't bothered about taking one of you with me." | The court heard how hours after his arrest for the killings, Barley told a police officer: "I've stabbed three people up - I ain't bothered about taking one of you with me." |
| The judge said biology undergraduate Lydia had been left with "understandable anger" and distress over "remorseless" Barley's actions. | |
| After Barley admitted the murders on Tuesday, Miss Wilkinson told him in court: "I will never forgive you". | |
| At Wednesday's sentencing hearing the judge praised Miss Wilkinson for reading out her victim impact statement with "maturity and courage well beyond her years". | |
| The judge said the 19-year-old was a "shell of her former self", adding Miss Wilkinson suffers anxiety attacks and cannot be left alone. |