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| David Browning jailed over Jillian Howell 'bully' murder | David Browning jailed over Jillian Howell 'bully' murder |
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| A man who stabbed his boss to death and wrote "bully" on her forehead has been jailed for life and ordered to serve at least 28 years. | A man who stabbed his boss to death and wrote "bully" on her forehead has been jailed for life and ordered to serve at least 28 years. |
| David Browning, 52, of Seaford, was found guilty of murder at Hove Crown Court on Wednesday. | David Browning, 52, of Seaford, was found guilty of murder at Hove Crown Court on Wednesday. |
| Jurors heard he went for dinner at Jillian Howell's home and reacted with anger when she rejected him in October. | Jurors heard he went for dinner at Jillian Howell's home and reacted with anger when she rejected him in October. |
| He had formed an intense attachment to the University of Brighton payroll boss, the court heard. | He had formed an intense attachment to the University of Brighton payroll boss, the court heard. |
| 'Defiled' body | |
| Sentencing, Judge Christine Laing QC said the way in which Browning murdered her was "savage", adding: "This was a sustained attack and the terror and trauma for her in the final few minutes of her life is unimaginable." | |
| The court heard the 46-year-old Samaritans volunteer was found by police with 15 stab and slash wounds to her chest, neck and abdomen. | |
| The judge said Ms Howell, in her final moments, "desperately tried to defend herself". | |
| She said Browning "defiled" her body by writing the world "bully" on her forehead but said: "Nothing was further from the truth." | |
| She said: "The reality of Jillian Howell is that she was a compassionate woman, a quality that cost her her life." | |
| 'Cocktail of emotions' | |
| Ms Laing said Browning had developed a crush on the woman that turned into an obsession. | |
| She told him: "I am quite satisfied that what led to you killing her was a very ordinary cocktail of human emotions, desire, jealously, frustration and anger. | |
| "Jillian did more than most people would have done to support you as a concerned colleague and friend but it is plain you wanted to be more important or special to her than that. | |
| "I have watched you closely during this trial and you have shown no emotion and little remorse other than for your own situation." |