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| David Oakes ex-partner and daughter murderer dies in hospital | David Oakes ex-partner and daughter murderer dies in hospital |
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| A 51-year-old man convicted of shooting dead his partner and their daughter in Essex has died in hospital. | A 51-year-old man convicted of shooting dead his partner and their daughter in Essex has died in hospital. |
| David Oakes shot Christine Chambers, 38, and daughter Shania, two, at their home in Braintree, in June 2011. | David Oakes shot Christine Chambers, 38, and daughter Shania, two, at their home in Braintree, in June 2011. |
| Oakes, of Steeple, near Maldon, was convicted at Chelmsford Crown Court and sentenced to a whole-life term which he was serving at HMP Frankland in Durham. | Oakes, of Steeple, near Maldon, was convicted at Chelmsford Crown Court and sentenced to a whole-life term which he was serving at HMP Frankland in Durham. |
| He died in hospital on Monday and is presumed to have died from natural causes, the Ministry of Justice said. | |
| A spokesperson said: "As with all deaths in custody, the Independent Prisons and Probation Ombudsman will conduct an investigation." | A spokesperson said: "As with all deaths in custody, the Independent Prisons and Probation Ombudsman will conduct an investigation." |
| Degrading assault | |
| Oakes had been serving two whole-life tariffs for killing his ex-partner and their daughter and died shortly after 03:00, the spokesman said. | |
| At his trial in Chelmsford it was said he had subjected Miss Chambers to a degrading assault over several hours. | |
| Drunk and on cocaine, he shot his daughter at point-blank range and shot Miss Chambers three times, before turning the gun on himself. | |
| Prosecutor Orlando Pownall QC said: "He succeeded in the first part of his ambitions but failed in his attempt on his own life." | |
| Oakes and Miss Chambers had been due in court as part of the custody arrangements for Shania at the time of the killings. | |
| Miss Chambers' other daughter, then aged 10, witnessed the attack but escaped out of a window to her father Ian Flitt's house nearby. | |
| 'Bullying and controlling' | |
| Oakes was found semi-conscious after blasting himself in the face and was taken to hospital. | |
| His whole life sentence made him one of a limited group of inmates who would never be released from prison. | |
| Mr Justice Fulford described Oakes as "a bullying and controlling man, who had frequently inflicted violence on Miss Chambers during the six years of their relationship". | |
| "He killed his ex-partner and their young daughter simply because he knew she could not bear to be with him and wished to start a new life." | |
| In November, the Court of Appeal refused to quash the whole-life order imposed on the killer. | |
| He was one of several inmates who argued such orders were incompatible with Article 3 of the European Convention of Human Rights, which prohibits torture and inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment. |