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| Ashley Wadsworth: Man jailed for 'brutal' Canadian girlfriend murder | Ashley Wadsworth: Man jailed for 'brutal' Canadian girlfriend murder |
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| Ashley Wadsworth died from stab wounds to the chest | Ashley Wadsworth died from stab wounds to the chest |
| A man who inflicted 90 wounds on his Canadian girlfriend has been jailed for life for her murder. | |
| Jack Sepple, 23, killed 19-year-old Ashley Wadsworth in a "brutal" attack at a flat they shared in Tennyson Road, Chelmsford, Essex, on 1 February. | Jack Sepple, 23, killed 19-year-old Ashley Wadsworth in a "brutal" attack at a flat they shared in Tennyson Road, Chelmsford, Essex, on 1 February. |
| Ms Wadsworth, from Vernon in British Columbia, had met Sepple online. She died from stab wounds to the chest. | Ms Wadsworth, from Vernon in British Columbia, had met Sepple online. She died from stab wounds to the chest. |
| Sepple was jailed for a minimum of 23 years and six months at Chelmsford Crown Court. | Sepple was jailed for a minimum of 23 years and six months at Chelmsford Crown Court. |
| The judge, the Honourable Mr Justice Murray, said he committed a "brutal and cowardly attack" and "gratuitously inflicted some 90 wounds on her body". | The judge, the Honourable Mr Justice Murray, said he committed a "brutal and cowardly attack" and "gratuitously inflicted some 90 wounds on her body". |
| He said when the killing happened, Ms Wadsworth was soon to return to Canada and Sepple faced "imminent loss of control over her". | |
| Jack Sepple was jailed for life with a minimum term of 23 years and six months at Chelmsford Crown Court | |
| The court heard the pair met online when Ms Wadsworth was 12 and Sepple aged about 15 and they had a long-distance relationship, but Sepple had other relationships during this time. | |
| Ms Wadsworth had moved to the UK in November, according to her Facebook account, and the court heard she had travelled on a tourist visa. | |
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